Franklin Roosevelt's Timeline: Life, Photos, and Key Events

"We have accepted, so to speak, a second Bill of Rights under which a new basis of security and prosperity can be established for all regardless of station, race, or creed. Among these are: The right to a useful and remunerative job in the industries or shops or farms or mines of the Nation; The right to earn enough to provide adequate food and clothing and recreation;? The right of every farmer to raise and sell his products at a return which will give him and his family a decent living; The rig"

"This Republic had its beginning, and grew to its present strength, under the protection of certain inalienable political rights?among them the right of free speech, free press, free worship, trial by jury, freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures. They were our rights to life and liberty. As our Nation has grown in size and stature, however?as our industrial economy expanded?these political rights proved inadequate to assure us equality in the pursuit of happiness. We have come to a clear"

"?ared to move forward, in the implementation of these rights, to new goals of human happiness and well-being."