This nation asks for action, and action now.

They have given their sons to the military services. They have stoked the furnaces and hurried the factory wheels. They have made the planes and welded the tanks. Riveted the ships and rolled the shells.

The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize.

Among American citizens, there should be no forgotten men and no forgotten races.

We have learned the simple truth, as Emerson said that the only way to have a friend is to be one. We can gain no lasting peace if we approach it with suspicion or mistrust or with fear.

The Democratic Party will live and continue to receive the support of the majority of Americans just so long as it remains a liberal party.

Never underestimate a man who overestimates himself.