This great nation will endure as it has endured, will revive and will prosper. So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

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.

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone

We can become fearless as we let go off our grasp on the fear of failure, because failure too is a perception rather than a reality.

In ethics of life, the gender that are much discussed, are favourites.

Too much of anything is bad, but too much Champagne is just right.

Whether you think Jesus was God or not, you must admit he was a first-rate political economist.

If my baby don't love me no more, I know her sister will.

The liberty of conscience, which above all other things ought to be to all men dearest and most precious.

Some of the things I've been in are comedic, but I don't get considered for true comedies because I'm a 'dramatic' actor.

Language is a weapon of politicians, but language is a weapon in much of human affairs.

If you say you're worthy, you are. If you say you're not worthy, you're not. Either way you will live into your story.