Roosevelt Quotes

174 Roosevelt quotes by 135 unique authors

A line from one of my 1997 columns - 'Do one thing every day that scares you' - is now widely attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt,… — Mary Schmich
We were environmentalists of the Teddy Roosevelt theory. We believed in separation of church and state. We believed in the independence of the Supreme Court… — Pete McCloskey
Can any of us even imagine, after Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt suggesting we negotiate a resolution or that we could simply prosecute those involved? Of… — Marsha Blackburn
As soon as Mr. Roosevelt took office, the Federal Reserve began to buy government securities at the rate of ten million dollars a week for… — Eustace Mullins
Whenever Roosevelt (Theodore) expected a visitor, he sat up late the night before, reading up on the subject in which he knew his guest was… — Dale Carnegie
As we go from Abraham Lincoln to Theodore Roosevelt to Mitt Romney, I now understand why the Republicans don't believe in evolution. — Andy Borowitz
The purpose of the memorial is to communicate the founding, expansion, preservation, and unification of the United States with colossal statues of Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln,… — Gutzon Borglum
President Bush was once asked which Presidential speech he admired most. He replied that it was the one Teddy Roosevelt had in his pocket that… — Maureen Dowd
I think Stalin was afraid of Roosevelt. Whenever Roosevelt spoke, he sort of watched him with a certain awe. He was afraid of Roosevelt's influence… — W. Averell Harriman
He [President Franklin D. Roosevelt] died in harness, and we may well say in battle harness, like his soldiers, sailors and airmen who died side… — Winston Churchill
Teddy Roosevelt supported a progressive income tax. If I am sitting pretty and you've got a waitress who is making minimum wage plus tips, and… — Barack Obama
An unspeakable tragedy, confirmed to us by ABC News in New York City: John Lennon, outside of his apartment building on the West Side of… — Howard Cosell
No woman has ever so comforted the distressed or distressed the comfortable. on Eleanor Roosevelt. — Clare Boothe Luce
Ronald Reagan is clearly to television what Franklin Roosevelt was to radio. — David Gergen
I learned the power of radio watching Eleanor Roosevelt do her show. I used to go up to Hyde Park and hold her papers. I… — Allen Funt
Roosevelt was the one who had the vision to change our policy from isolationism to world leadership. That was a terrific revolution. Our country's never… — W. Averell Harriman
There's a myth that Roosevelt gave Stalin Eastern Europe. I was with Roosevelt every day at Yalta. — W. Averell Harriman
George W. Bush, 43rd president of the United States, became the first incumbent president to increase his majority in both the Senate and the House… — Peggy Noonan
I am a humanist because I think humanity can, with constant moral guidance, create reasonably decent societies. I think that young people who want to… — James A. Michener
Franklin D. Roosevelt is no crusader. He is no tribune of the people. He is no enemy of entrenched privilege. He is a pleasant man… — Walter Lippmann
For example, a man who might not have enormous charisma, who could be president 40 years ago, and who was a deserving president, I don't… — Sydney Pollack
In 1932, lame duck president Herbert Hoover was so desperate to remain in the White House that he dressed up as Eleanor Roosevelt. When FDR… — Johnny Carson
My recurring nightmare is that someday I will be faced with a panel: Franklin Roosevelt, John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson all of whom will be… — Doris Kearns Goodwin
Franklin Roosevelt was very concerned about environmental issues. — Gaylord Nelson
Teddy Roosevelt of course was a great outdoorsman all his life. — Gaylord Nelson

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