"If civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships - the ability of all peoples, of all kinds, to live together, in the same world at peace."

"Art is not a treasure in the past or an importation from another land, but part of the present life of all living and creating peoples."

"Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds."

"Favor comes because for a brief moment in the great space of human change and progress some general human purpose finds in him a satisfactory embodiment."

"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."

"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."

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

"Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle."

"If I went to work in a factory the first thing I'd do is join a union."

"There is a mysterious cycle in human events. To some generations much is given. Of other generations much is expected. This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny."

"If we can boondoggle ourselves out of this depression, that word is going to be enshrined in the hearts of the American people for years to come."

"A reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards."

"The nation that destroys its soil destroys itself."

"I believe that in every country the people themselves are more peaceably and liberally inclined than their governments."

"I am a Christian and a Democrat, that's all."

"No government can help the destinies of people who insist in putting sectional and class consciousness ahead of general weal."

"Confidence... thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them it cannot live."

"But while they prate of economic laws, men and women are starving. We must lay hold of the fact that economic laws are not made by nature. They are made by human beings."

"Self-interest is the enemy of all true affection."

"In our seeking for economic and political progress, we all go up - or else we all go down."

"The United States Constitution has proved itself the most marvelously elastic compilation of rules of government ever written."

"I do not look upon these United States as a finished product. We are still in the making."

"Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education."

"There are as many opinions as there are experts."

"Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are."