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

I pledge you, pledge myself, to a New Deal for the American people. Let us all here assembled constitute ourselves prophets of a new order of competence and of courage. This is more than a political campaign; it is a call to arms. Give me your help, not to win votes alone, but to win in this crusade to restore America to its own people.

We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a better life, a better world, beyond the horizon.

The future lies with those wise political leaders who realize that the great public is interested more in government than in politics.

The whole world is one neighborhood.

To some generations much is given. Of other generations, much is expected.

What I seek is the highest possible batting average.