In all things there are three choices: Yes, No & no choice, except in this — I either choose the truth or I am deceit.
The forces of good and evil are working within and around me, I must choose, and in a free will universe I do have a choice.
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself — nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.
With malice toward none, with charity for all, …let us strive on to finish the work we are in, …to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.
We can gain no lasting peace if we approach it with suspicion and mistrust or with fear. We can gain it only if we proceed with the understanding, the confidence, and the courage which flow from conviction.
The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty and the destiny of the republican model of government are justly considered… deeply, …finally, staked on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people.
And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country.
What more felicity can fall to creature, Than to enjoy delight with liberty.