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

We must save the Constitution from the [Supreme] Court and the Court from itself.

On this tenth day of June, nineteen hundred and forty, the hand that held the dagger has struck it into the back of its neighbor.... In our unity, in our American unity we will pursue two obvious and simultaneous courses; we will extend to the opponents of force the material resources of this nation, and at the same time we will harness and speed up the use of those resources in order that we ourselves in the Americas may have equipment and training equal to the task of any emergency and every defense.

We can afford all that we need; but we can not afford all [that] we want.

It is better to swallow words than to have to eat them later.

It is time to extend planning to a wider field, in this instance comprehending in one great project many states directly concerned with the basin of one of our greatest rivers.

We want a Supreme Court which will do justice under the Constitution - not over it. In our courts we want a government of laws and not of men.