About Franklin D. Roosevelt

32nd U.S. President who led America through the Great Depression and World War II. (1882-1945)

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More from Franklin D. Roosevelt

• The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.First Inaugural Address (1933)
• It is common sense to take a method and try it: If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.Oglethorpe University Commencement Address (1932)
• Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.First Inaugural Address (1933)
• Confidence... thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance.First Inaugural Address (1933)
• Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.Address to the Governing Board of the Pan American Union (1939)
• The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.Second Inaugural Address (1937)

More quotes on communication

• If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.George Orwell
• Never use a long word where a short one will do.George Orwell
• If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out.George Orwell
• Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.Victor Hugo
• No matter what, people are going to like you or not like you. So be authentic, and let them like you or not for who you actually are.Kobe Bryant
• Poetry surrounds us everywhere, but putting it on paper is, alas, not so easy as looking at it.Vincent van Gogh

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