Franklin D. (Franklin Delano) Roosevelt

Franklin D. (Franklin Delano) Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, commonly known as FDR, was the 32nd president of the United States, serving four terms from 1933 to 1945. He is best known for leading the country through the Great Depression with his New Deal policies and guiding the U.S. through most of World War II. FDR authored books like "Looking Forward" and "On Our Way," which outlined his political philosophy and vision for America. Despite being diagnosed with polio in 1921, which left him paralyzed from the waist down, Roosevelt maintained an active public presence and remains one of the most influential presidents in U.S. history.

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President Hoover, Mr. Chief Justice, my friends: This is a day of national consecration, and I am certain that on this day my fellow Americans expect that on my induction into the Presidency I will address them with a candor and a decision which the present situation of our people impels. This is preeminently the time to speak the truth, the whole truth, frankly and boldly. Nor need we shrink from... more...

Mr. President, Mr. Speaker, Senators and Representatives in Congress: I come before you at the opening of the Regular Session of the 73d Congress, not to make requests for special or detailed items of legislation; I come, rather, to counsel with you, who, like myself, have been selected to carry out a mandate of the whole people, in order that without partisanship you and I may cooperate to continue... more...

March 12, 1933. I want to talk for a few minutes with the people of the United States about banking—with the comparatively few who understand the mechanics of banking but more particularly with the overwhelming majority who use banks for the making of deposits and the drawing of checks. I want to tell you what has been done in the last few days, why it was done, and what the next steps are going to... more...

Mr. Vice President, Mr. Speaker, Members of the Senate, and of the House of Representatives: Yesterday, December 7th, 1941 — a date which will live in infamy — the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan. The United States was at peace with that nation and, at the solicitation of Japan, was still in conversation with its... more...