We know now that Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob.... [The organized moneyed people] are unanimous in their hate for me and I welcome their hatred.... I should like to have it said of my second administration that these forces met their master.

I propose to create a Civilian Conservation Corps to be used in simple work...More important, however, than the material gains will be the moral and spiritual value of such work.

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

We have the men--the skill--the wealth--and above all, the will.... We must be the great arsenal of democracy.

A nation, like a person, has a mind - a mind that must be kept informed and alert, that must know itself, that understands the hopes and needs of its neighbors - all the other nations that live within the narrowing circle of the world

We cannot always build a future for our youth, but we can always build our youth for the future.

This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny.