WORDS FROM A GREAT MIND

Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes

American president & New Deal leader

Born: 30 January 1882
Died: 12 April 1945
Lived in: Hyde Park, Washington, D.C. & Warm Springs, USA

Franklin D. Roosevelt led the United States through the Great Depression and most of the Second World War. His New Deal speeches joined economic recovery with arguments about social responsibility, while his Four Freedoms address described a wider vision of human rights.

A LESSER-KNOWN DETAIL

He was a lifelong stamp collector; his presidential library preserves stamps received officially from foreign governments.

Words by Franklin D. Roosevelt

“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”

First Inaugural Address, 4 March 1933

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“We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics.”

Second Inaugural Address, 20 January 1937

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“Freedom means the supremacy of human rights everywhere.”

Annual Message to Congress (Four Freedoms), 6 January 1941

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“Do not confuse objectives with methods.”

Oglethorpe University address, 22 May 1932

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“The country needs and, unless I mistake its temper, the country demands bold, persistent experimentation.”

Oglethorpe University address, 22 May 1932

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