The instruments of war can be manufactured ... human blood cannot be; and the lack of just one pint could mean the life of an American serviceman.

Our policy is directed not against any country or doctrine but against hunger, poverty, desperation and chaos. Its purpose should be the revival of a working economy in the world so as to permit the emergence of political and social conditions in which free institutions can exist.

We must stop setting our sights by the light of each passing ship; instead we must set our course by the stars.

The patient is sinking while the doctors deliberate.

Democracy is the most demanding of all forms of government in terms of the energy, imagination, and public spirit required of the individual.

Go right straight down the road, to do what is best, and to do it frankly and without evasion.

When a thing is done, it's done. Don't look back. Look forward to your next objective.