Franklin D. Roosevelt1882–1945The quotations of
Franklin D. Roosevelt
President of the United States from 1933 to 1945
1882–1945
32 quotes, most often on America, War & Peace and Money. Part of the U.S. Presidents collection.
I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people.
Speech accepting the Democratic nomination for president, 1932 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois (2 July 1932)- Radio address (2 March 1930), in Public Papers of Governor Roosevelt (1930), p. 710
- Third inaugural address (1941)
We defend and we build a way of life, not for America alone, but for all mankind.
Fireside chat on national defense (May 26, 1940), reported in The Public Papers and Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1940 (1941), p. 240I see one-third of a nation ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished.
- Speech accepting renomination, Democratic National Convention, Philadelphia (27 June 1936)
