I believe that in every country the people themselves are more peaceably and liberally inclined than their governments.

I think that both here and in England there are two schools of thought--those who would be altruistic in regard to the Germans, hoping that by loving kindness to make them Christian again--and those who would adopt a much tougher attitude. Most decidedly I belong to the latter school, for though I am not blood-thirsty, I want the Germans to know that this time at least they have definitely lost the war.

We know that there are chiselers. At the bottom of every case of criticism and obstruction we have found some selfish interest, some private axe to grind.

Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle.

We have learned that we cannot live alone, at peace; that our own well-being is dependent on the well-being of other nations far away. We have learned that we must live as men, not as ostriches, nor as dogs in the manger.

We must be the great arsenal of Democracy.

Continued dependence on relief inducers a spiritual and moral disintegration fundamentally destructive to the national fiber.