When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.
We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a better life, a better world, beyond the horizon.
If civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships - the ability of all peoples, of all kinds, to live together, in the same world at peace.
In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.
Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country.
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
There are as many opinions as there are experts.
Take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly, and try another. But by all means, try something.
A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward.
Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.
I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.
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.
Confidence... thrives 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.
Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not voting.
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.
I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm.
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people.
