Fascism was really the basis for the New Deal. It was Mussolini's success in Italy, with his government-directed economy, that led the early New Dealers to say "But Mussolini keeps the trains running on time.

Outside of its legitimate function, government does nothing as well or economically as the private sector.

Young Americans must never again be sent to fight and die unless we are prepared to let them win.

Most of my dreams came true.

The glory of this land has been its capacity for transcending the moral evils of our past. For example, the long struggle of minority citizens for equal rights, once a source of disunity and civil war, is now a point of pride for all Americans. We must never go back. There is no room for racism, anti-Semitism, or other forms of ethnic and racial hatred in this country.

The closest thing to eternal life on earth is a Government Program

You can achieve anything in politics provided that you let someone else take the credit.