Franklin D. Roosevelt

The American people are a generous people, and they will always respond to an appeal to their better natures.

I never let them guess what I think until I’m ready.

I am a juggler, and I can keep six or seven balls in the air at once. All my life I have been a juggler.

The American people must and shall be masters of their own destiny.

I hate war.

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

The American standard of living has been and is being threatened by a small group of selfish men who have no regard for the public welfare.

The United States has been attacked. Our people, our territory, and our interests are in grave danger.

Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionaries.

The world cannot long remain half-slave and half-free.

I have seen war. I have seen war on land and sea. I have seen blood running in the streets. I have seen men coughing out their gassed lungs. I have seen dead in the mud. I have seen cities destroyed. I have seen children starving. I have seen the agony of mothers and wives. I hate war.

The structure of our civilization will not be saved by any single device.

The true conservative seeks to save in the future as well as in the present. He seeks to save not only in the hope of saving but in the hope of improving.

We are going to make a country in which no one is left out.

Freedom from fear, freedom from want, freedom of speech, freedom of religion—these are the four freedoms.

We must be prepared to make every sacrifice necessary to preserve our civilization.

The future of America is in the hands of the American youth.

The best way to do good is to do it well.

There is an old and true saying that a country's strength lies in its youth.

The greatest primary duty of a government is to protect the weak and to help the unfortunate.