"The American people want their government to..." - Quote by Franklin D Roosevelt

“When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.”

“In time of this grave national danger, when all excess income should go to win the war, no American citizen ought to have a net income, after he has paid his taxes, of more than $25,000 a year.”

“I have seen war ... I hate war.”

“Liberty has never come from Government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of it. The history of liberty is a history of limitations of governmental power, not the increase of it.”

“Whether it's coming from FDR or it's coming from Ronald Reagan, if the idea is right for the times then we're gonna apply it. And things that don't work we're gonna get rid of.”

“One way to make sure crime doesn't pay would be to let the government run it.”

“A man is not paid for having a head and hands, but for using them.”

“Bullfight critics row on row Fill the enormous Plaza de toros But only one is there who knows And he is the one who fights the bull.”

“You want to be a hero? Learn to create certainty in the face of fear.”