Franklin D. Roosevelt

"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."

"It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another."

"The only limit to our realization of tomorrow is our doubts of today."

"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."

"A smooth sea never made a skillful sailor."

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather an assessment that something else is more important than fear."

"In these days of difficulty, we Americans everywhere must and shall choose the path of social justice."

"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 too little."

"Remember always that the composer, the poet, the sculptor, the painter, the radio artist, the experimenter in science and invention, the teacher, the religious leader - all of these are engaged in the act of creation."

"Great power involves great responsibility."

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

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."

"If you have always believed that everyone should play by the same rules and be judged by the same standards, that would have gotten you labeled a radical 50 years ago, a liberal 25 years ago, and a racist today."

"Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely."

"Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth."

"More than machinery we need humanity."

"Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people."

"When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on."

"The virtues are lost in self-interest as in the depths of the sea."

"Born in security and trained only in ease, this nation is not prepared for the long, slow struggle."

"Unscrupulous employers were allowed to employ child labor, sell foodstuffs below cost to drive their competitors out of business, and maintain whatever safety conditions they chose."

"If civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships."

"You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty."

"Confidence and courage are the essentials of success and confidence and courage are the twins of humility and honesty."

"We are not makers of history. We are made by history."

"There is nothing I love as much as a good fight."

"The only thing that matters is the action and how we take it."

"We must be willing to pay the price of progress."

"Honesty is the best policy, but it is important to remember that apparently, by current standards, honesty is also a foreign policy."

"A nation, to be safe at home and secure abroad, must have these three things: a sound economy, trained and loyal armed forces, and the belief of its people in the justice and ideals for which the nation stands."