The duty of the State toward the citizen is the duty of the servant to its master.... One of the duties of the State is that of caring for those of its citizens who find themselves the victims of such adverse circumstances as makes them unable to obtain even the necessities for mere existence without the aid of others.... To these unfortunate citizens aid must be extended by government--not as a matter of charity but as a matter of social duty.

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

Peace can endure only so long as humanity really insists upon it, and is willing to work for it and sacrifice for it.

Dealing with the State Department is like watching an elephant become pregnant.

We do not see faith, hope, and charity as unattainable ideals, but we use them as stout supports of a nation fighting the fight for freedom in a modern civilization.

Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.

They fight not for the lust of conquest. They fight to end conquest. They fight to liberate.