Quote by Doris Kearns Goodwin

“We had to struggle with the old enemies of peace—business and financial monopoly, speculation, reckless banking, class antagonism, sectionalism, war profiteering. They had begun…

— Franklin Delano Roosevelt

“Roosevelt and Lodge operated by a fairly straightforward and sensible credo: reform without power is meaningless, and power without scruple is corrupt.”

— Evan Thomas

“Roosevelt did an about-face and adopted Hoover’s blueprint for government involvement in the economy—then juiced it on steroids.”

— Brion T. McClanahan

“Roosevelt had defined the public interest in the previously private struggle between labor and capital.”

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

One reason--perhaps the chief--of the virility of the Roosevelts is [their] very democratic spirit. They have never felt that because they were born in…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Remember what Teddy Roosevelt did. Yes, he took on what he saw as the excesses in the economy, but he also stood against the…

— Hillary Clinton

“There is not in the world a more ignoble character than the mere money-getting American, insensitive to every duty, regardless of every principle, bent…

— Timothy Egan

Politicians have done some grim things in pursuit of the office. President Franklin Roosevelt was a philanderer; nevertheless, he pushed aides to use his…

— John Dickerson

After World War II the Republicans - the Wall Street crowd - were very worried about a depression coming back. They hated Franklin Roosevelt…

— Oliver Stone

“The New York Times denounces America's "dancing with dictators." Guilty as charged. Dance we do. And without apology. With no more apology than Franklin…

— Charles Krauthammer

The truth is, the whole administration under Roosevelt was demoralized by the system of dealing directly with subordinates. It wasobviated in the State Department…

— William Howard Taft

“was the first president to use the Internal Revenue Service as a weapon against opponents.”

— Norman Moss