Confidence....thrives only on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them, it cannot live.

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

It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.

Books can not be killed by fire. People die, but books never die. No man and no force can abolish memory … In this war, we know, books are weapons. And it is a part of your dedication always to make them weapons for man’s freedom.

The work, my friend, is peace. More than an end of this war—an end to the beginnings of all wars.

Yesterday, December 7, 1941—a date which will live in infamy—the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.

We look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms. The first is freedom of speech and

We must be the great arsenal of democracy.

Your boys are not going to be sent into any foreign wars.

I see one-third of a nation ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished.