Franklin Roosevelt ran on a balanced budget in 1932, and the greatest president, certainly, of the 20th century. So the idea that… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
Benjamin Franklin went through life an altered man because he once paid too dearly for a penny whistle. My concern springs usually… — Robert Louis Stevenson Copy Share Image
Franklin Roosevelt is one of the great leaders because he does get along with other people. He makes this huge effort. He's… — Oliver Stone Copy Share Image
There's a video that's been floating around on YouTube where [Baz Luhrmann says], "We were looking for a guy that sounded like… — Quindon Tarver Copy Share Image
But he [Franklin Roosevelt] specifically prohibits any black participation from the Deep South, something which just infuriates people who'd been his supporters… — Geoffrey Cowan Copy Share Image
I can't tell you how many times at the breakfast table my dad would curse out Franklin Roosevelt. I love my father.… — Oliver Stone Copy Share Image
Franklin D. Roosevelt was fortunate: He didn't take office until nearly four years after the Wall Street crash, by which time the… — Tina Brown Copy Share Image
The United States has tried for years to live down President Franklin D. Roosevelt's order during World War II to move Japanese-Americans… — Helen Thomas Copy Share Image
I am a humanist because I think humanity can, with constant moral guidance, create reasonably decent societies. I think that young people… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
You know what we pride ourselves on that - although I wouldn't mind if my backside was a little smaller. But look… — Kate DeAraugo Copy Share Image
There are many influences in my music, not only blues. R&B, Motown, gospel, old timey, jazz, even classical are all part of… — Rory Block Copy Share Image
“When Arthur Schlesinger Sr. pioneered the 'presidential greatness poll' in 1948, the top five were Lincoln, Washington, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson,… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
To finish building the free society dreamed of by Washington, Franklin, and Jefferson, we must draw upon the resources of the enlightened… — Robert Thurman Copy Share Image
Capitalism can be alright, I mean Karl Marx didn't live to see what Roosevelt did with that Depression. He pulled everybody out… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
If for no other reason, Frank Lloyd Wright would be justly famous for Fallingwater, one of the most extraordinary houses in the… — Meryle Secrest Copy Share Image
They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. This sentence was much… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Franklin Roosevelt had to govern at a time of crisis. If you're going to make changes in the way a nation thinks,… — Pete du Pont Copy Share Image
Franklin [D. Roosevelt] had a good way of simplifying things. He made people feel that he had a real understanding of things… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I love Aretha [Franklin] and I've loved her all my life. I think she's an incredible songstress, obviously. She consistently has had… — Stevie Wonder Copy Share Image
I grew up listening to Commission, Kirk Franklin and Hezekiah Walker. If I was found listening to any rap, my pops would… — Rahki Copy Share Image
I am a huge admirer of Franklin Roosevelt's, and I believe social security has done untold good in alleviating the once-widespread issue… — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
Imagination has brought mankind through the dark ages to its present state of civilization. Imagination led Columbus to discover America. Imagination led… — L. Frank Baum Copy Share Image
Franklin Roosevelt said the test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance to those who have much;… — Patrick J. Kennedy Copy Share Image
An old American patriot described today's situation very well. As America fought for its independence, Benjamin Franklin said, "we must all hang… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
One of my lifelong hobbies has been to collect 'aptronyms' - the newspaper columnist Franklin P. Adams's term for people whose names… — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
Those who knew Benjamin Franklin will recollect that his mind was forever young, his temper ever serene; science, that never grows gray,… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
This is what historians usually do, quibble about cause and effect when the point is, there are times when the world is… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
If belief in the miraculous revelation of the Old Testament and the New is required to make a man religious, then Franklin… — Theodore Parker Copy Share Image
I know some say, let us have good laws, and no matter for the men that execute them: but let them consider,… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
If you want to be a great American, you have got to understand Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, how the American… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
Jefferson refused to pin his hopes on the occasional success of honest and unambitious men; on the contrary, the great danger was… — Daniel J. Boorstin Copy Share Image
I think the best singers in the world, historically, are American. Britain's got its fair share, as well, but some of the… — Simon Cowell Copy Share Image
When President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal eased but did not end the country's economic ills, a trio of leftist radicals -… — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
Even when you go up ramp, and you think about [Franklin D. Roosevelt] wheeling himself up, you know, got a little cigarette… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Franklin D. Roosevelt is no crusader. He is no tribune of the people. He is no enemy of entrenched privilege. He is… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
As President Franklin Delano Roosevelt learned when he tried to pack the Supreme Court, the three branches of government are coequal for… — Dan Pfeiffer Copy Share Image
I served with General Washington in die Legislature of Virginia...and...with Doctor Franklin in Congress. I never heard neither of them speak ten… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
When the air balloon was first discovered, some one flippantly asked Dr. Franklin what was the use of it. The doctor answered… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
The miraculous revelation of the Old Testament and the New, the miracles of famous men, Jews, Gentiles, or Christians, — then Franklin… — Theodore Parker Copy Share Image
Not long before my mother died, I found a long-lost portrait of Jane Franklin's granddaughter, Jane Flagg, aged nine - oil on… — Jill Lepore Copy Share Image
![“There's a video that's been floating around on YouTube where [Baz Luhrmann says], "We were looking for a guy that sounded like a young Stevie Wonder but much more we got a guy that sounded like a younger version of Aretha Franklin. His name's Quindon Tarver." I was just like, "Wow, to be compared…” quote by Quindon Tarver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f54/quindon-tarver-26055_floating_there-s-a-video-that-s-been-floating-aro_34916.jpg)
![“But he [Franklin Roosevelt] specifically prohibits any black participation from the Deep South, something which just infuriates people who'd been his supporters and who'd believed in him and resides that he is just shockingly abandoned the right of the people to rule. It's a pretty horrible story…” quote by Geoffrey Cowan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/6ae/geoffrey-cowan-42890_abandoned_but-he-franklin-roosevelt-specifically-p_976754.jpg)
![“Franklin [D. Roosevelt] had a good way of simplifying things. He made people feel that he had a real understanding of things and they felt they had about the same understanding.” quote by Eleanor Roosevelt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/17f/eleanor-roosevelt-381_feels_franklin-d-roosevelt-had-a-good-way-of-s_1858327.jpg)
![“I love Aretha [Franklin] and I've loved her all my life. I think she's an incredible songstress, obviously. She consistently has had this incredible voice. I remember when she was singing gospel in her father's church.” quote by Stevie Wonder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c7e/stevie-wonder-2107_church_i-love-aretha-franklin-and-i-ve-loved-he_127964.jpg)
![“I know some say, let us have good laws, and no matter for the men that execute them: but let them consider, that though good laws do well, good men do better: for good laws may want good men, and be abolished or evaded [invaded in Franklin's print] by ill men; but good men will never want good…” quote by Patrick Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/373/patrick-henry-3071_franklin_i-know-some-say-let-us-have-good-laws-an_839553.jpg)
![“Even when you go up ramp, and you think about [Franklin D. Roosevelt] wheeling himself up, you know, got a little cigarette holder in his mouth, and it, that, that awe that you feel, that reverence that you feel for the place never entirely leaves.” quote by Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/3a7/barack-obama-17_awe_even-when-you-go-up-ramp-and-you-think-a_705826.jpg)
