We Are All in the Same Boat Now: The Proverbial Rhetoric of Franklin D. Roosevelt

Based on Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s papers, this study investigates his reliance on proverbs, sententious remarks, and proverbial expressions. References are cited in their context, showing his effective use of quotations, Bible and folk proverbs, and metaphorical phrases. The book includes an index of the many sententious and proverbial passages.