Franklin Roosevelt

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 only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control over the goverment.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself - nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.

When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
- All from Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1882 - 1945

About: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd president of the United States and the only four-term president in history, was born at Hyde Park, New York on 30 Jan in 1882. Whether revered or reviled, the creator of the "New Deal" is certainly one of the most influential presidents in the country's history.