We have the men--the skill--the wealth--and above all, the will.... We must be the great arsenal of democracy.

Happiness is not merely money, which is fun for effort and achievement

Peace can endure only so long as humanity really insists upon it, and is willing to work for it and sacrifice for it.

The presidency is not merely an administrative office...It is pre-eminently a place of moral leadership.

The first theory is that if we make the rich richer, somehow they will let a part of their prosperity trickle down to the rest of us. The second theory was the theory that if we make the average of mankind comfortable and secure, their prosperity will rise upward through the ranks.

Self-interest is the enemy of all true affection.

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.