The hopes of the Republic cannot forever tolerate either undeserved poverty or self-serving wealth.

[The United States is] founded on the principles of Christianity

We must recognize the fundamental rights of man. There can be no true national life in our democracy unless we give unqualified recognition to freedom of religious worship and freedom of education.

It [concentration of wealth and power] has been a menace to . . . American democracy.

I've never been unemployed. I've never been very fully employed either.

We must be the great arsenal of democracy. For us this is an emergency as serious as war itself. We must apply ourselves to our task with the same resolution, the same sense of urgency, the same spirit of patriotism and sacrifice as we would show were we at war.

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us.