Франклин Делано Рузвельт: Цитаты на английском языке

Франклин Делано Рузвельт было 32-й президент США. Цитаты на английском языке.
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“If you treat people right they will treat you right — ninety percent of the time.”

Franklin D. Roosevelt

As quoted in The Roosevelt I Knew (1946) by Frances Perkins, p. 5
Posthumous publications

“I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people.”

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Speech accepting the Democratic nomination for president, 1932 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois (2 July 1932)
1930s

“On this tenth day of June, 1940, the hand that held the dagger has struck it into the back of its neighbor.”

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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

“I don't want to see a single war millionaire created in the United States as a result of this world disaster.”

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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.”

Franklin D. Roosevelt

1930s, Address at San Diego Exposition (1935)

“When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.”

Franklin D. Roosevelt

The earliest citation yet found does not attribute this to Roosevelt, but presents it as a piece of anonymous piece folk-wisdom: &quot;When one reaches the end of his rope, he should tie a knot in it and hang on&quot; ( LIFE magazine (3 April 1919), p. 585 http://hdl.handle.net/2027/wu.89063018576?urlappend=%3Bseq=65). <br class="br">Misattributed <br class="br">Вариант: When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.

“The Nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.”

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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: &quot;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.&quot; Though it approximates 2 separate statements of FDR, no original document in precisely this form has been located. <br class="br">1930s

“We must be the great arsenal of Democracy.”

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Fireside Chat on National Security, Washington, D.C. (29 December 1940)
1940s