“If you treat people right they will treat you right — ninety percent of the time.”
As quoted in The Roosevelt I Knew (1946) by Frances Perkins, p. 5
Posthumous publications
Letter to Col. Edward Mandell House (21 November 1933); as quoted in F.D.R.: His Personal Letters, 1928-1945, edited by Elliott Roosevelt (New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1950), pg. 373
1930s
“I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people.”
Speech accepting the Democratic nomination for president, 1932 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois (2 July 1932)
1930s
Noting Italy's declaration of war against France on that day, during the commencement address at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville (June 10, 1940); reported in The Public Papers and Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1940 (1941), p. 263
1940s
Presidential press conference (21 May 1940), in Complete presidential press conferences of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Volumes 15-16 (Da Capo Press, 1972)
1940s
“An American Government cannot permit Americans to starve.”
1930s, Address at San Diego Exposition (1935)
1930s, Quarantine Speech (1937)
1940s, Third inaugural address (1941)
1940s, Prayer on D-Day (1944)
“When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.”
The earliest citation yet found does not attribute this to Roosevelt, but presents it as a piece of anonymous piece folk-wisdom: "When one reaches the end of his rope, he should tie a knot in it and hang on" ( LIFE magazine (3 April 1919), p. 585 http://hdl.handle.net/2027/wu.89063018576?urlappend=%3Bseq=65).
Misattributed
Вариант: When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
Address to the National Education Association (30 June 1938)
1930s
1930s, Message to Congress on establishing minimum wages and maximum hours (1937)
“The Nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.”
Letter to all State Governors on a Uniform Soil Conservation Law (26 February 1937) http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=15373); this statement has sometimes been paraphrased and prefixed to an earlier FDR statement of 29 January 1935 to read: "A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people." Though it approximates 2 separate statements of FDR, no original document in precisely this form has been located.
1930s
“We must be the great arsenal of Democracy.”
Fireside Chat on National Security, Washington, D.C. (29 December 1940)
1940s
1940s, Response to the attack on Pearl Harbor (1941)
Speech at Madison Square Garden, October 28, 1940
1940s
Speech at the Dedication of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, September 2, 1940
1940s