“Carry the battle to them. Don't let them bring it to you. Put them on the defensive. And don't ever apologize for anything.”

“Republicans don't like people to talk about depressions. You can hardly blame them for that. You remember the old saying: Don't talk about rope in the house where somebody has been hanged.”

“If we see that Germany is winning we ought to help Russia and if Russia is winning we ought to help Germany, and that way let them kill as many as possible, although I don't want to see Hitler victorious under any circumstances.”

“If you can't convince them, confuse them.”

“I don't believe in anti-anything. A man has to have a program; you have to be for something, otherwise you will never get anywhere.”

“I never did give them hell. I just told the truth, and they thought it was hell.”

“Millions of our citizens do not now have a full measure of opportunity to achieve and to enjoy good health. Millions do not now have protection or security against the economic effects of sickness. And the time has now arrived for action to help them attain that opportunity and to help them get that protection.”