Franklin D. Roosevelt

"Real education must ultimately be limited to men who insist on knowing; the rest is mere sheep-herding."

"We are not here merely to make a living. We are here to enrich the world."

"Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us."

"The arch-petty foible of the Russians is their utter disregard for the rights of others."

"To some generations much is given. Of other generations much is expected."

"The public sector must be accountable to the common good, not special interests."

"Every man has a right to life, and this means that he has also a right to make a comfortable living."

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

"There are as many forms of patriotism as there are ways of thinking about the future."

"A nation cannot exist half slave and half free."

"The presidency is not merely an administrative office."

"We must make a choice between the policies of the past and the promise of the future."

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

"The greatest danger to our institutions comes not from the radicals of the left, but from the blind reactionaries of the right."

"We must open the doors of opportunity. But we must also equip our people to walk through those doors."

"There is nothing to fear except the persistent refusal to find out the truth."

"When you see a good fight, the important thing is not to lose your nerve."

"A sick society does not become a healthier one by passing laws against behavior that is the symptom of its sickness."

"The principles of Americanism demand that the political rights of all citizens shall be preserved."

"Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift of God which is why we call it the present."

"The function of a Cabinet secretary is to advise the President and execute his policies."

"We must always be wary of those who would promise us that a single measure is a panacea for all ills."

"The broad masses of a population are more amenable to the appeal of rhetoric than to any other force."

"I believe that every citizen of this country has not only a right to work, but a right to a useful job at fair wages."

"The lessons of history teach us that if we do not act, others will."

"Our greatest primary task is to put people to work."

"No group should be so small or so weak that our government forgets to defend their rights."

"I would like to see every piece of legislation that affects the public interest prefaced with a welfare clause."

"We have come to a clear realization of the fact that true individual freedom cannot exist without economic security."

"The moment a mere numerical superiority by either liberals or conservatives emerges in parliament, the savings are doomed."