Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.
Franklin D. RooseveltWe defend and we build a way of life, not for America alone, but for all mankind.
Franklin D. RooseveltFreedom of conscience, of education, of speech, of assembly are among the very fundamentals of democracy and all of them would be nullified should freedom of the press ever be successfully challenged.
Franklin D. RooseveltAs a nation, we may take pride in the fact that we are softhearted; but we cannot afford to be soft-headed.
Franklin D. RooseveltFrankly, I do not like the idea of conversations to define the term "unconditional surrender."The German people can have dinned into their ears what I said in my Christmas Eve speech--in effect, that we have no thought of destroying the German people and that we want them to live through the generations like other European peoples on condition, of course, that they get rid of their present philosophy of conquest.
Franklin D. Roosevelt