If in other lands the press and books and literature of all kinds are censored, we must redouble our efforts here to keep them free

I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people.

Hitler built a fortress around Europe, but he forgot to put a roof on it.

Freedom to learn is the first necessity of guaranteeing that man himself shall be self reliant enough to be free.

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

All work undertaken should be useful - not just for a day, or a year, but useful in the sense that it affords permanent improvement in living conditions or that it creates future new wealth for the Nation.

I do not look upon these United States as a finished product. We are still in the making.