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Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly, and try another. But by all means, try something.


— Franklin D. Roosevelt


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War is a contagion.


— Franklin D. Roosevelt


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A reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards.


— Franklin D. Roosevelt


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Favor comes because for a brief moment in the great space of human change and progress some general human purpose finds in him a satisfactory embodiment.


— Franklin D. Roosevelt


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I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people.


— Franklin D. Roosevelt


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If we can boondoggle ourselves out of this depression, that word is going to be enshrined in the hearts of the American people for years to come.


— Franklin D. Roosevelt


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Put two or three men in positions of conflicting authority. This will force them to work at loggerheads, allowing you to be the ultimate arbiter.


— Franklin D. Roosevelt


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The overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities a sense of humor and a sense of proportion.


— Franklin D. Roosevelt


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Our national determination to keep free of foreign wars and foreign entanglements cannot prevent us from feeling deep concern when ideals and principles that we have cherished are challenged.


— Franklin D. Roosevelt


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The virtues are lost in self-interest as rivers are lost in the sea.


— Franklin D. Roosevelt


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The new vice-presidential nominee was Henry A. When the economy began to deteriorate again in late 1937 Roosevelt asked Congress for $5 billion in WPA relief and public works funding.

Energized by his personal victory over polio FDR's unfailing optimism and activism contributed to a renewal of the national spirit. : /ˈroʊzəvəlt/ ROH-zə-vəlt; January 30 1882 – April 12 1945) also known by his initials FDR was the 32nd President of the United States (1933–1945) and a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic depression and total war. In 1942 Roosevelt ordered the internment of 100000 Japanese American civilians.

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