Franklin Delano Roosevelt/governor of New York 1929%e2%80%931932

Famous quotes containing the words franklin, roosevelt, governor and/or york:

    “I should have no objection to go over the same life from its beginning to the end: requesting only the advantage authors have, of correcting in a second edition the faults of the first.”
    —Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790)

    “Speak softly and carry a big stick.”
    —Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919)

    “There are times when even the most potent governor must wink at transgression, in order to preserve the laws inviolate for the future.”
    —Herman Melville (1819–1891)

    “There is a small steam engine in his brain which not only sets the cerebral mass in motion, but keeps the owner in hot water.”
    —Unknown. New York Weekly Mirror (July 5, 1845)