Because Quote by John T. Flynn

To picture Roosevelt as a man at this time in his life - he felt he was old. He was 53 years old, feeling…

— Geoffrey Cowan

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…

— W. Averell Harriman

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

I often ask myself: "What would Theodore Roosevelt do?" One can never know, of course. The ultimate contribution of consequential leaders is often their…

— James M Strock

I think Roosevelt proves himself to be the ultimate political force in this book. He really wasn't for primaries until he realized it was…

— Geoffrey Cowan

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

“Yet there was no doubt that Theodore Roosevelt was peculiarly qualified to be President of all the people. Few, if any Americans could match…

— Edmund Morris

Stevenson had noble ideas--as did the young Franklin for that matter. But Stevenson felt that the way to implement them was to present himself…

— Garry Wills

Franklin Roosevelt was a great leader. He saw how to use the levers of power to affect change.

— Pete du Pont

“[Theodore] Roosevelt had long ago discovered that the more provincial the supplicants, the less able were they to understand that their need was not…

— Edmund Morris

Franklin D. Roosevelt is no crusader. He is no tribune of the people. He is no enemy of entrenched privilege. He is a pleasant…

— Walter Lippmann

It is difficult to find a reputable American historian who will acknowledge the crude fact that a Franklin Roosevelt, say, wanted to be President…

— Gore Vidal