Inequality may linger in the world of material things, but great music, great literature, great art and the wonders of science are, and should be, open to all.

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.

Thanksgiving is a sure index of spiritual health.

It makes all the difference in the world whether we put truth in the first place or in the second place.

Like a rock, standing arrow straight. Like a rock, charging from the gate.

When you say 'Bedtime, bedtime, bedtime!' that's not what the child hears. What the child hears is 'Lie down in the dark... for hours... and don't move... I'm locking the door now.'

A theory is a battlefield in your head.

I'm scared," he says."I know," says the nurse."I want you all to go to Hell.""That's natural.

Mediocre people hate high achievers, and high achievers hate mediocre people.

Carried by light, images remain while sensation is so evanescent as to be always beyond belief.

At 8:23 there seemed every chance of a lasting alliance starting between Florin and Guilder. At 8:24 the two nations were very close to war.