The point in history at which we stand is full of promise and danger. The world will either move forward toward unity and widely shared prosperity - or it will move apart.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.

The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it comes strong than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is fascism - ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or any controlling private power.

Selfishness is the only real atheism; aspiration, unselfishness, the only real religion.

In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.

If you treat people right they will treat you right... ninety percent of the time.

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.

I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.

I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.

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.

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

Be sincere; be brief; be seated.

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

A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward.

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