We can afford all that we need; but we can not afford all [that] we want.

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.

You never know who you're inspiring or uninspiring. People notice more than you think.

Darkness doesn't fall at a predictable schedule. Darkness can overwhelm you any time of the day, as you know well.

I can catch the ball. You've got to throw it to me.

Ironically, the people who do not need Israel are gradually taking over Israel, and they're actually pushing out people who so need it.

It's good to find the barrel of the bat again.

Sometimes a complicated question has a simple answer.

Some people do piano lessons after school; I do movies.

If I ever write a book on "How True Is the Bible?" I'll have to start out by saying that archaeology is not the way to find out; that it has very little to say.

When you bluff, someone may call you on it.

If circumcision has any justification AT ALL, it should be medical only. Parents' religion is the worst of all reasons - pure child abuse.