Are we going to take the hands of the federal government completely off any effort to adjust the growing of national crops, and go right straight back to the old principle that every farmer is a lord of his own farm and can do anything he wants, raise anything, any old time, in any quantity, and sell any time he wants?

We can see now that we Americans were caught unprepared, because we were ordinary human beings, following the best advice we had at the time. No one would have guessed in 1941 that we would be attacked in such an unsportsmanlike manner as we were. No one could have visualized Pearl Harbor, either out there or in Washington. But if we had known then what we know now, we would have expected an attack in 1941.

I believe that in every country the people themselves are more peaceably and liberally inclined than their governments.

Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force.

The Democratic Party will live and continue to receive the support of the majority of Americans just so long as it remains a liberal party.

First of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself - nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.

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.