Never underestimate a man who overestimates himself.

I believe that we are going to get along very well with him [Josef Stalin] and the Russian people - very well indeed.

The American people want their government to act, and not merely to talk, whenever and wherever there is a threat to world peace.

Necessitous men are not free men.

The creed of our democracy is that liberty is acquired and kept by men and women who are strong and self-reliant, and possessed of such wisdom as God gives mankind - men and women who are just, and understanding, and generous to others - men and women who are capable of disciplining themselves. For they are the rulers and they must rule themselves.

I have seen war ... I hate war.

The fate of America cannot depend on any one man. The greatness of America is grounded in principles and not on any single personality.