President Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes

• I pray Heaven to bestow the best of Blessings on this House and on all that shall hereafter inhabit it. May none but honest and wise Men ever rule under this roof.

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  John Adams

  Wise   Honesty   Blessing  

  John Adams (1841). “Letters of John Adams: Addressed to His Wife”, p.267

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• He [President Franklin D. Roosevelt] died in harness, and we may well say in battle harness, like his soldiers, sailors and airmen who died side by side with ours and carrying out their tasks to the end all over the world. What an enviable death was his.

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  Winston Churchill

  Death   Soldier   Battle  

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• The United States has tried for years to live down President Franklin D. Roosevelt's order during World War II to move Japanese-Americans on the West Coast to inland detention camps on grounds that they might be disloyal.

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  Helen Thomas

  War   Moving   Order  

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• The bible says no man can take your joy. That means no person can make you live with a negative attitude. No circumstance, no adversity can force you to live in despair. As Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of wheelchair-bound President Franklin D. Roosevelt, often said, ‘No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

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  Joel Osteen

  Attitude   Mean   Adversity  

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• Since Social Security was established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935 to ensure economic security for American workers, poverty among American seniors has dramatically declined.

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  Steve Israel

  Senior   President   Poverty  

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