"The true history of my administration will be written 50 years from now, and you and I will not be around to see it."

"To dream is to realize that the greatest battles are fought within."

"Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended."

"People make suggestions on what to say all the time. I'll give you an example I don't read what's handed to me. People say, 'Here, here's your speech, or here's an idea for a speech.' They're changed. Trust me."

"Roosevelt's declaration that Americans had 'nothing to fear but fear itself' was a glorious piece of inspirational rhetoric and just as gloriously wrong."

"Early and provident fear is the mother of safety."

"Collective fear stimulates herd instinct, and tends to produce ferocity toward those who are not regarded as members of the herd."

"Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain."