The American people want their government to act, and not merely to talk, whenever and wherever there is a threat to world peace.

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.

Do not allow your sad past to rule your present situation. Unlike a tango, it does not take to two to forgive.

No man sings as beautifully as when his song is accompanied by a woman’s voice.

If you would civilize a man begin with his grandmother.

I don't look on poetry as closed works. I feel they're going on all the time in my head and I occasionally snip off a length.

I'm the worst person to tell anybody how to date.

The best way to help yourself is to help someone else.

The redundant locks, robustious to no purpose, clustering down--vast monument of strength.

The first lines of defence against criminals are the victims themselves.

Cowardice is the greatest sin.

That was the trouble with moving houses; no matter how carefully you packed the books, they never ended up on the new shelves in quite the right place.