I have seen war ... I hate war.

If in other lands the press and books and literature of all kinds are censored, we must redouble our efforts here to keep them free

The motto of war is: "Let the strong survive; let the weak die." The motto of peace is: "Let the strong help the weak to survive."

I call for effort, courage, sacrifice, devotion. Granting the love of freedom, all of these are possible. And the love of freedom is still fierce and steady in the nation today. June 10, 1940

The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little.

It is the duty of the President to propose and it is the privilege of the Congress to dispose.

The lessons of religious toleration - a toleration which recognizes complete liberty of human thought, liberty of conscience - is one which, by precept and example, must be inculcated in the hearts and minds of all Americans if the institutions of our democracy are to be maintained and perpetuated. We must recognize the fundamental rights of man. There can be no true national life in our democracy unless we give unqualified recognition to freedom of religious worship and freedom of education.