The fundamental idea...is that the country belongs to the people, that it is in process of making for the enrichment of the lives of all of us.

Inside the polling booth every American man and woman stands as the equal of every other American man and woman. There they have no superiors. There they have no masters save their own minds and consciences.

I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people.

We have learned the simple truth, as Emerson said that the only way to have a friend is to be one. We can gain no lasting peace if we approach it with suspicion or mistrust or with fear.

It is a terrible thing to look over your shoulder when you are trying to lead - and find no one there.

It is the purpose of the government to see that not only the legitimate interests of the few are protected but that the welfare and rights of the many are conserved.

Calm seas never made a good sailor