It is my personal conviction that almost any one of the newborn states of the world would far rather embrace Communism or any other form of dictatorship than acknowledge the political domination of another government, even though that brought to each citizen a far higher standard of living.

I believe that for the past twenty years there has been a creeping socialism spreading in the United States.

We have won an armistice on a single battlefield, not peace in our world. We may not now relax our guard nor cease our quest.

As men and women of character and of faith in the soundness of democratic methods, we must work like dogs to justify that faith.

It is not enough to take this weapon out of the hands of soldiers. It must be put into the hands of those who will know how to strip its military casing and adapt it to the arts of peace.

The final battle against intolerance is to be fought - not in the chambers of any legislature - but in the hearts of men.

May we grow in strength — without pride in self. May we, in our dealings with all peoples of the earth, ever speak truth and serve justice. And so shall America — in the sight of all men of good will — prove true to the honorable purposes that bind and rule us as a people in all this time of trial through which we pass.