Franklin D. Roosevelt — "I am a Democrat, but I am not a partisan. I am an American."

"We have new problems, new conditions, new methods. The old formula, 'let nature take its course,' is not good enough. We must be prepared to use the instruments of government to meet the new condition…"

"I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made."

"We cannot be content, no matter how high the standard of living in America, if that standard is based on the exploitation of the human family in other parts of the world."

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

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