I see one-third of a nation ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished.
Those newspapers of the nation which most loudly cried dictatorship against me would have been the first to justify the beginnings of dictatorship by somebody else.
Sometimes the best way to keep peace in the family is to keep the members of the family apart for awhile.
If we can "boondoggle" ourselves out of this depression, that word is going to be enshrined in the hearts of the American people for years to come.
When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has struck to crush him.
Liberty requires opportunity to make a living—a living decent according to the standard of the time, a living which gives a man not only enough to live by, but something to live for.
Whoever seeks to set one religion against another seeks to destroy all religion.
This nation asks for action, and action now.
I've fired my last shot. I think I should have another round in my belt.
Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.