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F D Roosevelt Quotes

80 Top Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes On Power, Happiness, Democracy, Success And More

Famous As: 32nd President of the United States

Born On: 1882

Died On: 1945

Born In: Hyde Park, New York, United States

Died At Age: 63

Franklin D. Roosevelt, popularly known as FDR, was a distinguished American political leader and statesman who served as the 32nd President of the United States. He remained an eminent figure during the mid-20th century. He is best-known to have pulled out the country from the realms of ‘Great Depression’, and made it become an economically powerful country across the globe with restored prosperity. This man of vision led his country successfully in the worst hours of crisis. During his presidency that spanned a little over than a decade, he dominated American’s political scene completely. His dominance was virtually present and greatly felt even after decades. Here is a corpus of popular, motivating and famous quotes and sayings by F D Roosevelt which have been excerpted from his speeches, works, thoughts, public utterances and life. Let us browse through the quotes and thoughts by F D Roosevelt on motivational, end, reach, government, politics, fear, relationship, peace, education, choice, honor, honestly, confidence, life, hope, wisdom, unity, history, war, strive, strength, kindness, competition, strive, progress, abundance, sail, principles, society, sacred etc which are quoted widely.

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Favor comes because for a brief moment in the great space of human change and progress some general human purpose finds in him a satisfactory embodiment.

Favor comes because for a brief moment in the great space of human change and progress some general human purpose finds in him a satisfactory embodiment.
Change
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We must lay hold of the fact that economic laws are not made by nature. They are made by human beings.

We must lay hold of the fact that economic laws are not made by nature. They are made by human beings.
Nature
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There are as many opinions as there are experts.

There are as many opinions as there are experts.
F D Roosevelt

Are you laboring under the impression that I read these memoranda of yours? I can't even lift them.

Are you laboring under the impression that I read these memoranda of yours? I can't even lift them.
You
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If we can boondoggle ourselves out of this depression, that word is going to be enshrined in the hearts of the American people for years to come.

If we can boondoggle ourselves out of this depression, that word is going to be enshrined in the hearts of the American people for years to come.
Heart
F D Roosevelt

Art is not a treasure in the past or an importation from another land, but part of the present life of all living and creating peoples.

Art is not a treasure in the past or an importation from another land, but part of the present life of all living and creating peoples.
Life Past Art
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A reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards.

A reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards.
F D Roosevelt

The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.

The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.
F D Roosevelt

Don't forget what I discovered that over ninety percent of all national deficits from 1921 to 1939 were caused by payments for past, present, and future wars.

Don't forget what I discovered that over ninety percent of all national deficits from 1921 to 1939 were caused by payments for past, present, and future wars.
Future Past War
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The overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities a sense of humor and a sense of proportion.

The overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities a sense of humor and a sense of proportion.
F D Roosevelt

No group and no government can properly prescribe precisely what should constitute the body of knowledge with which true education is concerned.

No group and no government can properly prescribe precisely what should constitute the body of knowledge with which true education is concerned.
F D Roosevelt

The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize.

The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize.
F D Roosevelt

It is the duty of the President to propose and it is the privilege of the Congress to dispose.

It is the duty of the President to propose and it is the privilege of the Congress to dispose.
F D Roosevelt

When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has struck to crush him.

When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has struck to crush him.
You Peace
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No government can help the destinies of people who insist in putting sectional and class consciousness ahead of general weal.

No government can help the destinies of people who insist in putting sectional and class consciousness ahead of general weal.
F D Roosevelt

The United States Constitution has proved itself the most marvelously elastic compilation of rules of government ever written.

The United States Constitution has proved itself the most marvelously elastic compilation of rules of government ever written.
F D Roosevelt

There is a mysterious cycle in human events. To some generations much is given. Of other generations much is expected. This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny.

There is a mysterious cycle in human events. To some generations much is given. Of other generations much is expected. This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny.
F D Roosevelt

Remember you are just an extra in everyone else's play.

Remember you are just an extra in everyone else's play.
You
F D Roosevelt

Put two or three men in positions of conflicting authority. This will force them to work at loggerheads, allowing you to be the ultimate arbiter.

Put two or three men in positions of conflicting authority. This will force them to work at loggerheads, allowing you to be the ultimate arbiter.
F D Roosevelt

War is a contagion.
War
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I believe that in every country the people themselves are more peaceably and liberally inclined than their governments.

I believe that in every country the people themselves are more peaceably and liberally inclined than their governments.
Believe
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This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny.

This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny.
F D Roosevelt

Prosperous farmers mean more employment, more prosperity for the workers and the business men of every industrial area in the whole country.

Prosperous farmers mean more employment, more prosperity for the workers and the business men of every industrial area in the whole country.
Business
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There is nothing I love as much as a good fight.

There is nothing I love as much as a good fight.
Love
F D Roosevelt

It is fun to be in the same decade with you.

It is fun to be in the same decade with you.
You
F D Roosevelt

It is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than an empty stomach.

It is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than an empty stomach.
Money
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It takes a long time to bring the past up to the present.

It takes a long time to bring the past up to the present.
Past Time
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Whoever seeks to set one religion against another seeks to destroy all religion.

Whoever seeks to set one religion against another seeks to destroy all religion.
F D Roosevelt

But while they prate of economic laws, men and women are starving. We must lay hold of the fact that economic laws are not made by nature. They are made by human beings.

But while they prate of economic laws, men and women are starving. We must lay hold of the fact that economic laws are not made by nature. They are made by human beings.
Nature Women
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