Our true destiny is not to be ministered unto but to minister to ourselves and to our fellow men.

In a democratic nation, power must be linked with responsibility, and obliged to defend and justify itself within the framework of the general good.

Always will we remember the character of the onslaught against us. No matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion, the American people in their righteous might will win through to absolute victory.... we will not only defend ourselves to the uttermost, but will make very certain that this form of treachery shall never endanger us again.

The principle on which this country was founded and by which it has always been governed is that Americanism is a matter of the mind and heart; Americanism is not, and never was, a matter of race or ancestry.

Are you laboring under the impression that I read these memoranda of yours? I can't even lift them.

Peace, like war, can succeed only where there is a will to enforce it, and where there is available power to enforce it.

Our government is based on the belief that a people can be both strong and free, that civilized men need no restraint but that imposed by themselves against abuse of freedom.