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

There is one front and one battle where everyone in the United States-every man, woman, and child-is in action, and will be privileged to remain in action throughout this war. That front is right here at home, in our daily lives, and in our daily tasks.

I never forget that I live in a house owned by all the American people and that I have been given their trust.

It was natural and perhaps human that the privileged princes of these new economic dynasties, thirsting for power, reached out for control over government itself. They created a new despotism and wrapped it in the robes of legal sanction. ...And as a result the average man once more confronts the problem that faced the Minute Man.

All of us in all the Americas will be living at the point of a gun.

No man can tame a tiger into a kitten by stroking it.

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