Franklin D. Roosevelt

More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginning of all wars - yes, an end to this brutal, inhuman and thoroughly impractical method of settling the differences between governments.

The overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities a sense of humor and a sense of proportion.

We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a better life, a better world, beyond the horizon.

Prosperous farmers mean more employment, more prosperity for the workers and the business men of every industrial area in the whole country.

I have no expectation of making a hit every time I come to bat.

I pledge you I pledge myself to a new deal for the American people. Let us all here assembled constitute ourselves prophets of a new order of competence and courage. This is a call to arms.

Peace like charity begins at home.

Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.

We look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms. The first is freedom of speech and expression - everywhere in the world. The second is freedom of every person to worship God in his own way everywhere in the world. The third is freedom from want...everywhere in the world. The fourth is freedom from fear... anywhere in the world.

It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails admit it frankly and try another but above all try something.

So let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself - nameless unreasoning unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.

I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm.

If I were starting life over again I am inclined to think that I would go into the advertising business in preference to almost any other. The general raising of standards of modern civilization among all groups of people during the past half-century would have been impossible without that spreading of the knowledge of higher standards by means of advertising.

It isn't sufficient just to want - you've got to ask yourself what you are going to do to get the things you want.

I think we consider too much the luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm.

One cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future.

A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people.

We have always known that heedless self interest was bad morals, we now know that it is bad economics.