I've been offered the role of Franklin Roosevelt, and I wouldn't presume to undertake it. — Sterling Hayden Copy Share Image
There was the Missile Crisis, but one can't attribute to the [J.F.] Kennedy years anything like the problems that [Franklin] Roosevelt stood… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
Historically, individuals possessed of the confidence that privilege and good fortune bestow have often proved conspicuous reformers: think only of Franklin D.… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
“For better than thirty years, as a working historian, I have written on leaders I knew, such as Lyndon Johnson, and interviewed… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
Well, at the time, we certainly regarded them [Elianor and Franklin Roosevelt] as partners. We did not know what has since come… — William A. Rusher Copy Share Image
What Franklin Roosevelt did, which really offended them, was he strengthened the labor unions - made it possible for them to strike.… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Well, Mr Obama inherited probably the biggest inventory of problems, certainly foreign policy problems, than any American president ever has. I think… — Chuck Hagel Copy Share Image
In the Munich agreement in late 1938 [Franklin] Roosevelt sent his chief adviser Sumner Welles, who came back with a very supportive… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Even though the clock didn't work, we kept the clock because of how we felt about Franklin D. Roosevelt . A lot… — Nat Hentoff 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
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
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] had a good way of simplifying things. He made people feel that he had a real understanding of things… — Eleanor Roosevelt 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
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
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
Politicians have done some grim things in pursuit of the office. President Franklin Roosevelt was a philanderer; nevertheless, he pushed aides to… — John Dickerson Copy Share Image
“High school students in America debate why President Franklin D. Roosevelt didn’t bomb the rail lines to Hitler’s camps,” the editorial concluded.… — Blaine Harden Copy Share Image
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
I grew up in a household in which we had a clock that we won at Revere Beach during the Depression -… — Nat Hentoff 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
And he [Franklin Roosevelt] got the votes of every southern white voting state in the country and wouldn't have been elected president… — William A. Rusher Copy Share Image
In Franklin Roosevelt there died the greatest American friend we have ever known - and the greatest champion of freedom who has… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
When I look at Franklin Roosevelt's leadership, I think the most important quality he had during the Depression and the war was… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
When he [Franklin Roosevelt] ultimately does not get the Republican Party nomination and decides to start his new Bull Moose Party, he… — Geoffrey Cowan 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
A President Roosevelt comes only once in a century. I believe God knew and does know of the need of the world… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
Franklin Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhower, and Ronald Reagan each suffered through his second four years. FDR was checkmated by Congress and the Supreme… — Michael Beschloss Copy Share Image
Here lay the political genius of Franklin Roosevelt: that in his own time he knew what were the questions that had to… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
In this country kings or dukes don't amount to nothing. The greatest man around then was Franklin D. Roosevelt, and he was… — Billie Holiday Copy Share Image
Few expected very much of Franklin Roosevelt on Inauguration Day in 1933. Like Barack Obama seventy-six years later, he was succeeding a… — Russell Baker Copy Share Image
You have never seen greatness in a Presidency; I have. It was a rich kid who you would think had every reason… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
You have never seen greatness in a Presidency; I have. It was a rich kid who you would think had every reason… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
![“There was the Missile Crisis, but one can't attribute to the [J.F.] Kennedy years anything like the problems that [Franklin] Roosevelt stood over and surmounted.” quote by John Kenneth Galbraith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/6c6/john-kenneth-galbraith-643_attributes_there-was-the-missile-crisis-but-one-can_2866567.jpg)
![“Well, at the time, we certainly regarded them [Elianor and Franklin Roosevelt] as partners. We did not know what has since come out about the difficulties of their marital life, or the problems that Franklin gave Eleanor and his mother gave Eleanor, in many respects. We didn't know much about that.” quote by William A. Rusher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/cb9/william-a-rusher-20922_difficulty_well-at-the-time-we-certainly-regarded-t_2793348.jpg)
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![“And he [Franklin Roosevelt] got the votes of every southern white voting state in the country and wouldn't have been elected president once, let alone four times, if he hadn't. Now, at the same time he acquired over the years a reputation for being sympathetic to blacks, and he got their votes…” quote by William A. Rusher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/937/william-a-rusher-20922_country_and-he-franklin-roosevelt-got-the-votes_3026350.jpg)
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![“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)
