Society and the World

I have got such a bully pulpit!

One of our defects as a nation is a tendency to use what have been called ‘weasel words’. When a weasel sucks eggs the meat is sucked out of the egg. If you use a ‘weasel word’ after another, there is nothing left of the other.

There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism.

The men with the muck-rakes are often indispensable to the well-being of society; but only if they know when to stop raking the muck.

The men with the muck-rakes are often indispensable to the well-being of society; but only if they know when to stop raking the muck.

A man who is good enough to shed his blood for the country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards.

A man who is good enough to shed his blood for the country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards.

Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.

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.

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

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

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.

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

We must be the great arsenal of democracy.

We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics.

We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics.

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

I have seen war … I hate war.

We face the arduous days that lie before us in the warm courage of national unity.

I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people.

The forgotten man at the bottom of the economic pyramid.

I cannot believe that war is the best solution. No one won the last war, and no one will win the next war.

Is there anything we can do for you? For you are the one in trouble now.