"I hope to come back here very often either as a private citizen, or as President of the United States."
"After next Tuesday there are going to be a lot of sorry people in the United States."
"This time we are not going to scuttle our strength."
"I hope that, while we are alive, Bridgeport will never be called On again to make munitions in a world war."
"Religious intolerance, social intolerance, and political intolerance have no place in our American life."
"We must wage the coming battle for America and for civilization on a scale worthy of the way that we have unitedly waged the battles against tyranny and reaction."
"We are going to see that they have work—honest, self-respecting jobs."
"I believe that history will say that we were better prepared for this war than for any previous war in all our history."
"It is perfectly evident that you don't have to be an acrobat to be President either."
"Under the last Republican administration the insurance companies were 'bust.'"
"I assure you that I shall be the same man you have known all these years."