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The forgotten man at the bottom of the economic pyramid.

The forgotten man at the bottom of the economic pyramid.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Men, Pyramids, Poverty
Radio address, 7 Apr. 1932 See Sumner 3

The country needs and, unless I mistake its temper, the country demands bold, persistent experimentation. 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. The millions who are in want will not stand by silently forever while the things to satisfy their needs are within easy reach.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Wisdom, Country, Mistake
Address at Oglethorpe University, 22 May (1932)

I pledge you, pledge myself, to a New Deal for the American people. Let us all here assembled constitute ourselves prophets of a new order of competence and of courage. This is more than a political campaign; it is a call to arms. Give me your help, not to win votes alone, but to win in this crusade to restore America to its own people.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Winning, Order, America
Speech to Democratic Convention in Chicago, 2 July 1932, accepting nomination for presidency, in Public Papers (1938) vol. 1, p. 647

Almighty God, who hast given us this good land for our heritage; We humbly beseech Thee that we may always prove ourselves a people mindful of Thy favor and glad to do Thy will.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Thanksgiving, Land, People

The people of America are in agreement in defending their liberties at any cost, and the first line of that defense lies in the protection of economic security.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Lying, America, Agreement
Franklin D. Roosevelt (2008). “Fireside chats of Franklin Delano Roosevelt: radio addresses to the American people about the Depression, the New Deal, and the Second World War, 1933-1944”, Red & Black Pub

What I seek is the highest possible batting average.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Average, Highest, Batting
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1995). “The Essential Franklin Delano Roosevelt”, Gramercy

We want a Supreme Court which will do justice under the Constitution - not over it. In our courts we want a government of laws and not of men.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Men, Carpe Diem, Law
Franklin D. Roosevelt (2008). “Fireside chats of Franklin Delano Roosevelt: radio addresses to the American people about the Depression, the New Deal, and the Second World War, 1933-1944”, Red & Black Pub

Sometimes the best way to keep peace in the family is to keep the members of the family apart for awhile.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Way, Sometimes, Members

Finally, in our progress toward a resumption of work we require two safeguards against a return of the evils of the old order: there must be a strict supervision of all banking and credits and investments; there must be an end to speculation with other people's money, and there must be provision for an adequate but sound currency.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Order, Two, People
First Inaugural Address, Delivered 4 March 1933

I am accustomed to hearing malicious falsehoods about myself . . . But I think I have a right to resent, to object to libelous statements about my dog.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dog, Thinking, Hearing

The function of Government must be to favor no small group at the expense of its duty to protect the rights of personal freedom and of private property of all its citizens.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Rights, Government, Groups
Commonwealth Club Address, delivered 23 Sept 1932, San Francisco, CA

If the fires of freedom and civil liberties burn low in other lands they must be made brighter in our own. If in other lands the press and books and literature of all kinds are censored we must redouble our efforts here to keep them free. If in other lands the eternal truths of the past are threatened by intolerance we must provide a safe place for their perpetuation.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Freedom, Book, Past
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1941). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1938, Volume 7”, p.418, Best Books on

Not only our future economic soundness but the very soundness of our democratic institutions depends on the determination of our government to give employment to idle men.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Determination, Men, Giving
Franklin D. Roosevelt (2008). “Fireside chats of Franklin Delano Roosevelt: radio addresses to the American people about the Depression, the New Deal, and the Second World War, 1933-1944”, Red & Black Pub

December 7, 1941. A date which will live in infamy.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
War, Air Force, December
Address to joint session of Congress asking for declaration of war on Japan, 8 Dec. 1941

As Americans, we go forward, in the service of our country, by the will of God.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Country, Gods Will, Our Country
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1995). “The Essential Franklin Delano Roosevelt”, Gramercy

This great Nation will endure as it has endured, will revive and will prosper.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Endure, Inaugural, Revive
First Inaugural Address, Delivered 4 March 1933

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
Depression, Heart, Years
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1938). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1936, Volume 5”, p.58, Best Books on

I think this would be a good time for a beer.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Beer, Thinking, Would Be

First of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself - nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Fear, Patriotic, History
First Inaugural Address, 4 Mar. 1933 See Francis Bacon 7; Montaigne 4; Thoreau 16; Wellington 3

You'll have to learn that public life takes a lot of sweat; but it doesn't need to worry you. You won't always be right, but you mustn't suffer from being wrong. That's what kills people like us.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Confidence, Sweat, People

We have our difficulties, true; but we are a wiser and a tougher nation than we were in 1932. Never have there been six years of such far flung internal preparedness in all of history. And this has been done without any dictator's power to command, without conscription of labor or confiscation of capital, without concentration camps and without a scratch on freedom of speech, freedom of the press or the rest of the Bill of Rights.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Rights, Years, Freedom Of Speech
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1995). “The Essential Franklin Delano Roosevelt”, Gramercy

Your profits are going to be cut down to a reasonably low level by taxation. Your income will be subject to higher taxes. Indeed in these days, when every available dollar should go to the war effort, I do not think that any American citizen should have a net income in excess of $25,000 per year after payment of taxes.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
War, Cutting, Thinking
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1950). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1942, Volume 11”, p.232, Best Books on

'Peace on earth, good will toward men' - democracy must cling to that message. For it is my deep conviction that democracy cannot live without that true religion which gives a nation a sense of justice and moral purpose.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Men, Giving, Justice
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1938). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1936, Volume 5”, p.572, Best Books on

Many causes produce war. There are ancient hatreds, turbulent frontiers, the "legacy of old forgotten, far-off things, and battles long ago." There are new-born fanaticisms. Convictions on the part of certain peoples that they have become the unique depositories of ultimate truth and right.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
War, Unique, Long Ago
Franklin D. Roosevelt's Address at Chautauqua, New York, August 14, 1936.

A serf-supporting and self-respecting democracy can plead no justification for the existence of child labor, no economic reason for chiseling workers' wages or stretching workers' hours.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Children, Self, Democracy
Franklin D. Roosevelt's message to Congress on Establishing Minimum Wages and Maximum Hours, May 24, 1937.