The only thing we have to fear is fear itself -- nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.

The only thing to fear is fear itself.

More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginnings of all wars.

The hopes of the Republic cannot forever tolerate either undeserved poverty or self-serving wealth.

We can gain no lasting peace if we approach it with suspicion and mistrust or with fear. We can gain it only if we proceed with the understanding, the confidence, and the courage which flow from conviction.

Nine-tenths of wisdom consists in being wise in time.