Roosevelt Quotes

174 Roosevelt quotes by 135 unique authors

In the far corner, a tenor began to sing, Zsadist's crystal-clear voice sailing up toward the warrior paintings on the ceiling far, far above them… — J R Ward
You always admire what you really don't understand. - Eleanor Roosevelt — Eleanor Roosevelt
The name Roosevelt has this legendary force in our country at this time. — Theodore Roosevelt
There are two Americas. One is the America of Lincoln and Adlai Stevenson; the other is the America of Teddy Roosevelt and the modern superpatriots.… — J. William Fulbright
It is difficult to find a reputable American historian who will acknowledge the crude fact that a Franklin Roosevelt, say, wanted to be President merely… — Gore Vidal
I am going to build the kind of nation that President Roosevelt hoped for, President Truman worked for, and President Kennedy died for. — Lyndon B. Johnson
As President Franklin Delano Roosevelt learned when he tried to pack the Supreme Court, the three branches of government are coequal for a reason. Neither… — Dan Pfeiffer
Explosion of positive rights started in 1932 with the election of Roosevelt. — P.J. O'Rourke
U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt has been described as founder of the Bull Moose Party, the man who led his troops up San Juan Hill in… — Zig Ziglar
Mehmet Ertegun died in 1944. President Roosevelt sent his body back to Turkey on the U.S.S. Missouri. Mehmet Ertegun and President Roosevelt had had a… — George W. S. Trow
My own special relationship with America began at an early age. My father, a fellow journalist, named me after Franklin Delano Roosevelt. — Lionel Barber
I agree with President Roosevelt, and generations since, that American seniors deserve better than poverty. — Hank Johnson
George W. Bush has much to evaluate: he has presided over the most sweeping redesign of U.S. grand strategy since the presidency of Franklin D.… — John Lewis Gaddis
Roosevelt got a chance to name an amazing nine justices of the Supreme Court. He was not namby-pamby on this question. He wanted people who… — Noah Feldman
Theodore Roosevelt had drawn public attention to his attractive family in order to create a bond with ordinary Americans. Eleanor Roosevelt had successfully broached the… — Robert Dallek
George Washington sets the nation on its democratic path. Abraham Lincoln preserves it. Franklin Roosevelt sees the nation through depression and war. — Robert Dallek
The Atlantic conference in the North Atlantic off Newfoundland is a dramatic moment in World War II history because for the first time, Roosevelt and… — Robert Dallek
When women were excluded from New Deal programs, Eleanor Roosevelt fought to include them. Roosevelt was among a handful of leaders who realized the U.S.… — Lael Brainard
When President Teddy Roosevelt posed for the cameras astride a massive steam shovel during construction of the Panama Canal in 1906, it was more than… — Alan Huffman
First lady has been a thankless position. Eleanor Roosevelt was brilliant and had strong views. She was criticized for her politics and for her appearance.… — Karen DeCrow
Had Roosevelt been caught, we would have been in a lot of trouble. It would have been very embarrassing. — John Perkins
They knew that Roosevelt and the Democratic party made a difference on them, on their quality of life issues, and they believed in that. But… — Richard M Daley
Redistribution of wealth would require enormous amounts of investment. The only time an elite has accepted this has been during crises, such as in America… — Susan George
It is really quite amazing that all of the folks supporting privatization, from the president on down, keep invoking the name of my grandfather, Franklin… — James Roosevelt
I told them I belong to the same organizations and clubs Mrs. Roosevelt belongs to, but with a few brave exceptions, I was still unable… — Lena Horne

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