-
We fully realize today that victory in war requires a mighty united effort. Certainly, victory in peace calls for, and must receive, an equal effort. Man has learned long ago, that it is impossible to live unto himself. This same basic principle applies today to nations. We were not isolated during the war. We dare not now become isolated in peace.
-
I don't feel qualified to be president either, but I've got the job.
-
When even one American - who has done nothing wrong - is forced by fear to shut his mind and close his mouth - then all Americans are in peril.
-
A man who is not interested in politics is not doing his patriotic duty toward maintaining the constitution of the United States.
-
We were well aware that the end of the fighting would not automatically settle the problems arising out of the war. The establishment of peace after the fighting is over has always been a difficult task.
-
Never, never waste a minute on regret. It's a waste of time.
-
I fear we are too much concerned with material things to remember that our real strength lies in spiritual values.
-
An optimist is presented with a problem and sees an opportunity. A pessimist is presented with an opportunity and sees a problem.
-
If you don't have your own goals, you'll be doomed to work toward someone else's.
-
May the sun never set on American baseball.
-
We shall never be able to remove suspicion and fear as potential causes of war until communication is permitted to flow, free and open, across international boundaries.
-
Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better.
-
All my life I have fought against prejudice and intolerance.
-
To me party platforms are contracts with the people.
-
I sit here all day trying to persuade people to do the things they ought to have the sense to do without my persuading them. That's all the powers of the President amount to.
-
When a leader is in the Democratic Party he's a boss. When he's in the Republican Party he's nothing but a leader.
-
I felt like the moon, the stars, and all the planets had fallen on me.
-
It's a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it's a depression when you lose yours.
-
Our goal must be not peace in our time, but peace for all time.
-
On the one hand, the Republicans are telling industrial workers that the high cost of food in the cities is due to this government's farm policy. On the other hand, the Republicans are telling the farmers that the high cost of manufactured goods on the farm is due to this government's labor policy. That's plain hokum. It's an old political trick: "If you can't convince 'em, confuse 'em." But this time it won't work.
-
In the long view, no nation is any healthier than its children.
-
We can all pray. We all should pray. We should ask the fulfillment of Gods will. We should ask for courage, wisdom, for the quietness of soul which comes alone to them who place their lives in His hands.
-
If you tell Congress everything about the world situation, they get hysterical. If you tell them nothing, they go fishing.
-
I don't want this office, this responsibility, any longer, even if you want me. Find the strongest and most able and God bless you. Good-bye.