Franklin D. Roosevelt

“I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.”

“To reach a port, we must sail—sail, not tie at anchor—sail, not drift.”

“Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.”

“We must be the great arsenal of democracy.”

“The government is us; we are the government, you and I.”

“Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.”

“We and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees.”

“I have seen war. ... I have seen the dead in the mud. I have seen cities destroyed. ... I have seen children starving. I have seen the agony of mothers and wives. I hate war.”

“Competition has been shown to be useful up to a certain point and no further, but cooperation, which is the thing we must strive for today, begins where competition leaves off.”

“This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny.”

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