Not only our future economic soundness but the very soundness of our democratic institutions depends on the determination of our government to give employment to idle men.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

One cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Peace like charity begins at home.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

People are not prisoners of fate, but prisoners of their own minds.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Presidents are selected, not elected.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Prosperous farmers mean more employment, more prosperity for the workers and the businessmen of every industrial area in the whole country.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Remember, always remember, that all of us, and you and me especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Remember you are just an extra in everyone else’s play.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Several centuries ago the greatest writer in history described the two most menacing clouds that hang over human government and human society as "malice domestic and fierce foreign war." We are not rid of these dangers, but we can summon our intelligence to meet them. Never was there more genuine reason for Americans to face down these two causes of fear. "Malice domestic" from time to time will come to you in the shape of those who would raise false issues, pervert facts, preach the gospel of hate, and minimize the importance of public action to secure human rights or spiritual ideals. There are those today who would sow these seeds, but your answer to them is in the possession of the plain facts of our present condition.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt