Inequality may linger in the world of material things, but great music, great literature, great art and the wonders of science are, and should be, open to all.

No country, however rich, can afford the waste of its human resources. Demoralization caused by vast unemployment is our greatest extravagance. Morally, it is the greatest menace to our social order.

Every time an artist dies, part of the vision of mankind passes with him.

It seems to me that the dedication of a library is an act of faith. To bring together the resources of the past and to house them in buildings where they will be preserved for the use of men and women in the future, a nation must believe in three things. It must believe in the past. it must believe in the future. It must, above all, believe in the capacity of its own people so to learn from the past that they can gain in judgment in creating their own future.

I hope that your committee will not permit doubt as to constitutionality, however reasonable, to block the suggested legislation

The barrier to success is not something which exists in the real world; it is composed purely and simply of doubts about ability.

Industrial combination is not wrong in itself. The danger lies in taking government into partnership.