I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people.

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

We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American Eagle in order to feather their own nests.

Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.

True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.

Never underestimate a man who overestimates himself.

People acting together as a group can accomplish things which no individual acting alone could ever hope to bring about.

Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.

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.

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 only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

Negotiation is permissible for mediocrity not for excellence.

There is no born lover, There is no born Don Juan, For we are all lovers.

...youth looks good in anything

It has been said that civilization is twenty-four hours and two meals away from barbarism.

Go after what you really love and find a way to make that work for you, and then you'll be a happy person.

Why wait for Death to mow? why wait for Death to sow us in the ground?

Prayer is especially crucial when you come to a place in your study where you are stuck and confused.

My kids and my wife make me feel vulnerable.

There are times with your friends when you just have to put their whole mess out of your mind for a while.

He is beauty, inside and out. He is the silver lining in a world of darkness. He is my light.