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.
- Source
- Commencement address, Oglethorpe University, Atlanta, 22 May 1932
- Written
- 1932
About this quotation
Roosevelt, then governor of New York and a leading contender for the Democratic nomination, gave the address weeks before the party convention in the depth of the Great Depression. It is often cut down online to “Try something”.