Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort. - Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.

It is true that other Nations may, as they do, enforce contrary rules of conscience and conduct. It is true that policies may be pursued under flags other than our own, but those policies are beyond our jurisdiction. Yet in our inner individual lives we can never be indifferent, and we assert for ourselves complete freedom to embrace, to profess and to observe the principles for which our flag has so long been the lofty symbol. As it was so well said by James Madison, over a century ago: "We hold it for a fundamental and inalienable truth that religion and the manner of discharging it can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence."

We know that we still have far to go; that we must more greatly build the security and the opportunity and the knowledge of every citizen, in the measure justified by the resources and the capacity of the land.

Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not voting.