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

We cannot always build a future for our youth, but we can always build our youth for the future.

My own party can succeed at the polls only so long as it continues to be the party of militant liberalism.

Change is like fire- if uncontrolled, it will consume us.

The first twelve years are the hardest.

Do not confuse objectives with methods. When the nation becomes substantially united in favor of planning the broad objectives of civilization, then true leadership must unite thought behind definite methods.

As a nation, we may take pride in the fact that we are softhearted; but we cannot afford to be soft-headed.