Labor Day symbolizes our determination to achieve an economic freedom for the average man which will give his political freedom realty.

Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not voting.

Frankly, I do not like the idea of conversations to define the term "unconditional surrender."The German people can have dinned into their ears what I said in my Christmas Eve speech--in effect, that we have no thought of destroying the German people and that we want them to live through the generations like other European peoples on condition, of course, that they get rid of their present philosophy of conquest.

The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerated the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than the democratic state itself. That in its essence is fascism: ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or any controlling private power.

Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.

I want to preach a new doctrine. A complete separation of business and government.

No greater tragedy exists in modern civilization than the aged, worn-out worker who after a life of ceaseless effort and useful productivity must look forward for his declining years to a poorhouse. A modern social consciousness demands a more humane and efficient arrangement.