"My thinking is Lincolnian rather than Jeffersonian, Teddy……" — Jacob K. Javits
"My thinking is Lincolnian rather than Jeffersonian, Teddy Rooseveltian rather than Franklin D. Rooseveltian."
More Franklin Quotes
- Few expected very much of Franklin Roosevelt on Inauguration Day in 1933. Like Barack Obama seventy-six years later, he was… — Russell Baker
- Imagination has brought mankind through the dark ages to its present state of civilization. Imagination led Columbus to discover America.… — L. Frank Baum
- Baseball may be our national pastime, but the age-old tradition of taking a swing at Congress is a sport with… — Evan Bayh
- When the stock market crashed, Franklin Roosevelt got on the television and didn't just talk about the princes of greed.… — Joe Biden
- As a child I always wanted to be a singer. The music my mother played in the house moved me… — Mary J. Blige
- It's easy to kick somebody when they're down. George W. Bush has dealt with more difficult issues than any president… — John Boehner
- Now that the Court has declared money to be speech, I say we replace the current Court with some Ben… — Elayne Boosler
- Growing up in Cleveland, I learned about singing from my mother, who had once sung professionally and who admired Mahalia… — Tracy Chapman
- Meeting Franklin Roosevelt was like opening your first bottle of champagne; knowing him was like drinking it. — Winston Churchill
- People have always said - those words, 'too conservative,' is fairly relative. I'm sure that they probably said that about… — Sharron Angle
- Find a beautiful piece of art. If you fall in love with Van Gogh or Matisse or John Oliver Killens,… — Maya Angelou
- It is impossible not to feel stirred at the thought of the emotions of man at certain historic moments of… — Alfred North Whitehead