Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
No man can tame a tiger into a kitten by stroking it.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. "Fireside Chat on National Security." 29 Dec. 1940. The Public Papers and Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Volume 9, Macmillan, 1941, p. 633.
In 1924 Berger was the only Socialist Party congressman, but New York's Fiorello La Guardia, who had been denied the Republican renomination, won reelection as an Independent. The House clerk incorrectly listed La Guardia as a Socialist, and Berger jokingly referred to him as:
Many of the prisoners in Iraq were accused of no crime but were picked up in security sweeps. In 2004 the brutal and illegal treatment of prisoners in Iraq became a national and worldwide scandal. Miller was never held responsible. See {70775}.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, often referred to by his initials FDR, was an American politician who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. A member of the Democratic Party, he won a record four presidential elections and became a central figure in world events during the first half of the 20th century. Roosevelt directed the federal government during most of the Great Depression, implementing his New Deal domestic agenda in response to the worst economic crisis in U.S. history. As a dominant leader of his party, he built the New Deal Coalition, which defined modern liberalism in the United States throughout the middle third of the 20th century. His third and fourth terms were dominated by World War II, which ended shortly after he died in office.
