Great Depression · Skopia

Quotes

3

Speech · Political speech

I see one-third of a nation ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Second Inaugural Address of Franklin D. Roosevelt · 1937

★ 3.9

Speech · Political speech

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.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

1932

★ 3.6

Song · Play · Musical (play) · Musical

Once I built a railroad, now it's done. Brother, can you spare a dime?

1932

★ 3.5

Books

3

The Grapes of Wrath

1939★ 9.0

Let Us Now Praise Famous Men

James Agee and Walker Evans

1941★ 7.0

Hard Times

1970★ 5.7