“It’s a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it’s a depression when you lose your own.”

“Recession is when your neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours. And recovery is when Jimmy Carter loses his.”

“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.”

“America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination, and unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.”

“I come to the office each morning and stay for long hours doing what has to be done to the best of my ability. And when you've done the best you can, you can't do any better.”

“I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.”

“Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better.”