I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm.

The nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.

Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle.

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.

Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.

We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a better life, a better world, beyond the horizon.

It isn't sufficient just to want - you've got to ask yourself what you are going to do to get the things you want.

There is a mysterious cycle in human events. To some generations much is given. Of other generations much is expected. This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny.

There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.

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 little.