Roosevelt Quotes

174 Roosevelt quotes by 135 unique authors

Smearing good people like Lauchlin Currie [former administrative assistant to President Roosevelt], Alger Hiss and others is, I think, unforgiveable... Anyone knowing Mr. Currie or… — Eleanor Roosevelt
Politicians wanted to mine the Grand Canyon for zinc and copper, and Theodore Roosevelt said, No. — Douglas Brinkley
When Theodore Roosevelt was in the White House, he confessed that if he could be right 75 percent of the time, he would reach the… — Dale Carnegie
The greatest leaders in fighting for an integrated America in the twentieth century were in the Democratic Party. The fact is, it was the liberal… — Newt Gingrich
President Roosevelt, the author of Social Security, was the first to suggest that, in order to provide for the country's retirement needs, Social Security would… — John Doolittle
The promise of Social Security was reflected in President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's inter-generational compact that rewards hard work and provides retirement security. — Christine Pelosi
I doubt if these two fine, active minds [President and Mrs. Roosevelt] have ever inquiried how it is they know what they know and think… — H.G. Wells
The crisis [the Great Depression] discovered a great man in Franklin Roosevelt...None too soon he has carried America forward to the second stage of democratic… — H.G. Wells
With self-discipline most anything is possible. Theodore Roosevelt Rule your mind or it will rule you. — Horace
The fact of the matter is it's very reasonable to ask the wealthiest estates to pay their share. We did that since Teddy Roosevelt, a… — Chris Van Hollen
This national argument is usually interpreted as a battle between imperialists led by Roosevelt and Lodge and anti-imperialists led by William Jennings Bryan and Carl… — William Appleman Williams
You CAN NOT judge previous generations by today's standards. Today Mark Twain is called by many, a racist. By the standards of his time, he… — Neal Boortz
Here is Theodore Roosevelt with all his faults and with all his strengths—the devoted family man, the passionate game hunter, the astute politician, the frustrated… — David Herbert Donald
Death had to take Roosevelt sleeping, for if he had been awake, there would have been a fight. — Thomas R. Marshall
Eleanor Roosevelt, Rosa Parks, Gandhi — all these peopled described themselves as quiet and soft-spoken and even shy. And they all took the spotlight, even… — Susan Cain
In this country kings or dukes don't amount to nothing. The greatest man around then was Franklin D. Roosevelt, and he was the President; so… — Billie Holiday
The Roosevelt enactment of Social Security was a moral revolution in our country: We were assured that we would never reach the very depths of… — Arthur Hertzberg
Franklin Roosevelt had to govern at a time of crisis. If you're going to make changes in the way a nation thinks, you have to… — Pete du Pont
Franklin Roosevelt was a great leader. He saw how to use the levers of power to affect change. — Pete du Pont
Fascist intellectuals, such as Ugo Spirito, made the round of conferences preaching the virtues of postcapitalism fascism and in fact tried to nudge the structure… — Charles S. Maier
I think we have to be fair in saying at this point that neither Roosevelt nor Lewis realized the peril to which they were exposing… — John T. Flynn
The CIO put up half a million dollars for Roosevelt's 1936 campaign and provided him with an immense group of active labor workers who played… — John T. Flynn
Occasionally I’ll be sitting somewhere and I’ll be listening to someone perhaps not saying the kindest things about me. And I’ll look down at my… — Hillary Clinton
Roosevelt was determined to stop Stalin from taking over Eastern Europe. He thought they finally had an agreement on Poland. Before Roosevelt died, he realized… — W. Averell Harriman
I used to be with a publishing house called Roosevelt Music. A gentleman there told me he had seen Peggy Lee perform Fever in Las… — Otis Blackwell

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