If we can boondoggle ourselves out of this depression, that word is going to be enshrined in the hearts of the American people for years to come.

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 will never be possible for any length of time for any group of the American people, either by reason of wealth or learning or inheritance or economic power, to retain any mandate, any permanent authority to arrogate to itself the political control of American public life.

I've never been unemployed. I've never been very fully employed either.

Democracy is not a static thing. It is an everlasting march.

We have learned the simple truth, as Emerson said that the only way to have a friend is to be one. We can gain no lasting peace if we approach it with suspicion or mistrust or with fear.

The lessons of history, confirmed by the evidence immediately before me, show conclusively that continued dependence upon relief induces a spiritual disintegration fundamentally destructive to the national fiber. To dole out relief in this way is to administer a narcotic, a subtle destroyer of the human spirit. It is inimical to the dictates of a sound policy. It is in violation of the traditions of America.