Franklin D. Roosevelt

The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control over its government.

I owe my life to my legs. They have carried me through some tough times.

The whole purpose of the New Deal was to make America safe for democracy.

The longer a man is in office, the more he realizes how little he knows.

There is a mysterious cycle in human events. To some generations much is given. Of other generations much is expected. This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny.

I am not a magician. I am a human being. I have my weaknesses, I have my faults. But I am trying to do the best I can for the American people.

The United States of America is not a nation of cowards. We will not be intimidated. We will not be defeated. We will not fail.

We must be the great arsenal of democracy.

No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena...

The day of enlightened administration has come.

I hate war. I have seen war. I have seen blood running from the wounded. I have seen men coughing out their gassed lungs. I have seen dead men strewn on the ground. I have seen the agony of mothers and wives.

The greatest primary task is to put people to work. This is no unsolvable problem if we face it wisely and courageously.

The tools of government are not enough. We must have the spirit of the people.

We must scrupulously guard the civil rights and civil liberties of all our citizens, whatever their background.

The true strength of a nation lies in the hearts and homes of its people.

The ultimate test of our democracy is whether it can meet the challenge of a new world.

The American people have had enough of being pushed around.

We are a nation of many nationalities, many races, many creeds. We are united by a common ideal of freedom and justice.

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