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.
The overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities a sense of humor and a sense of proportion.
In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.
Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.
The winds that blow through the wide sky in these mounts, the winds that sweep from Canada to Mexico, from the Pacific to the Atlantic - have always blown on free men.
Confidence... thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them it cannot live.
War is young men dying and old men talking.
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
One cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future.
When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.
People, like charity, begins at home.
If you treat people right they will treat you right... ninety percent of the time.
The essence of our struggle is that men shall be free.
In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.
A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward.
Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.
Great power involves great responsibility.
True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.
Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education..
