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.

People are not prisoners of fate, but prisoners of their own minds.

All agree that, the first responsibility for the alleviation of poverty and distress and for the care of the victims of the depression rests upon the locality _ its individuals, organizations and Government. It rests, first of all, perhaps, upon the private agencies of philanthropy, secondly, other social organizations, and last, but not least, the Church. Yet all agree that to leave to the locality the entire responsibility would result in placing the heaviest burden in most cases upon those who are the least able to bear it. In other words, the communities that have the most difficult problem, like Detroit, would be the communities that would have to bear the heaviest of the burdens. And so the State should step in to equalize the burden by providing for a large portion of the care of the victims of poverty and by providing assistance and guidance for local communities. Above and beyond that duty of the States the national Government has a responsibility.

Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. Let us move forward with strong and active faith.

Remember you are just an extra in everyone else__ play.