“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.”

— Franklin D. Roosevelt · Calm quote

“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.”

— FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

32nd President of the United States · 1882 – 1945

Franklin D. Roosevelt led the United States through the Great Depression with his New Deal programs and through most of the Second World War. He is the only American president elected four times, serving from 1933 until his death in 1945.

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