The moment a mere numerical superiority by either states or voters in this country proceeds to ignore the needs and desires of the minority, and for their own selfish purpose or advancement, hamper or oppress that minority, or debar them in any way from equal privileges and equal rights -- that moment will mark the failure of our constitutional system.

We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a better life, a better world, beyond the horizon.

The nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.

When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.

I see one-third of a nation ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished.

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.

These unhappy times call for the building of plans that build from the bottom up and not from the top down, that put their faith once more in the forgotten man at the bottom of the economic pyramid.

Peace, like charity, begins at home.

We defend and we build a way of life, not for America alone, but for all mankind.

The value of love will always be stronger than the value of hate.. Any nation or group of nations which employs hatred eventually is torn to pieces by hatred...