In a democratic nation, power must be linked with responsibility, and obliged to defend and justify itself within the framework of the general good.

It has always seemed to me that the best symbol of common sense was a bridge.

This great nation will endure as it has endured, will revive and will prosper. So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

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.

Necessitous men are not free men.

Whoever seeks to set one religion against another seeks to destroy all religion.

(Mariners) have written one of its most brilliant chapters. They have delivered the goods when and where needed in every theater of operations and across every ocean in the biggest, the most difficult and dangerous job ever undertaken. As time goes on, there will be greater public understanding of our merchant's fleet record during this war.