"The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today."

"An election cannot give a country a firm sense of direction if it has two or more national parties which merely have different names but are as alike in their principles and aims as two peas in the same pod"

"I have no expectation of making a hit every time I come to bat."

"If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something."

"The point in history at which we stand is full of promise and danger. The world will either move forward toward unity and widely shared prosperity - or it will move apart."

"Put two or three men in positions of conflicting authority. This will force them to work at loggerheads, allowing you to be the ultimate arbiter."

"There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still."

"It is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than an empty stomach."

"Self-interest is the enemy of all true affection."

"When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike you, do not wait until he has struck before you crush him."

"Happiness... it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort."

"I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues."

"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little."

"The truth is found when men are free to pursue it."

"This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny."

"The frontier of America is on the Rhine"

"I sometimes think that the saving grace of America lies in the fact that the overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities- a sense of humor and a sense of proportion."

"Knowledge—that is, education in its true sense—is our best protection against unreasoning prejudice and panic-making fear, whether engendered by special interest, illiberal minorities, or panic-stricken leaders."

"The ablest man I ever met is the man you think you are."

"The forgotten man at the bottom of the economic pyramid."

"Whoever seeks to set one race against another seeks to enslave all races."

"Our true destiny is not to be ministered unto but to minister to ourselves and to our fellow men."

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

"Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough."

"Peace, like charity, begins at home."

"When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on."

"Do Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn't, do something else."

"We continue to recognize the greater ability of some to earn more than others. But we do assert that the ambition of the individual to obtain for him a proper security is an ambition to be preferred to the appetite for great wealth and great power."

"Today we are faced with the preeminent fact that, if civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships - the ability of all peoples, of all kinds, to live together, in the same world, at peace"

"We must remember that any oppression, any injustice, any hatred, is a wedge designed to attack our civilization"

"Peace, like charity, begins at home"

"Too often in recent history liberal governments have been wrecked on rocks of loose fiscal policy"

"We look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms. The first is freedom of speech and expression. The second is freedom of every person to worship God in his own way. The third is freedom from want…. The fourth is freedom from fear."

"We, and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees."

"Freedom to learn is the first necessity of guaranteeing that man himself shall be self-reliant enough to be free"

"He stands in the unbroken line of patriots who have dared to die that freedom might live, and grow, and increase its blessings. Freedom lives, and through it, he lives - in a way that humbles the undertakings of most men."

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

"Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort."

"Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are."

"There are as many opinions as there are experts."

"Confidence... thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them it cannot live."

"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself - nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance."

"When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on."

"There is nothing I love as much as a good fight."

"If you treat people right they will treat you right... ninety percent of the time."

"The overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities a sense of humor and a sense of proportion."

"If you treat people right they will treat you right -- ninety percent of the time."

"I honestly feel that it would be best for the country to keep baseball going."

"Concentration of wealth and power has been built upon other people's money, other people's business, other people's labor. Under this concentration, independent business … has been a menace to … American society."

"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."