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.

We, and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees.

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.

The United States Constitution has proved itself the most marvelously elastic compilation of rules of government ever written.

Almighty God: Our sons, pride of our Nation, this day have set upon a mighty endeavor, a struggle to preserve our Republic, our religion, and our civilization, and to set free a suffering humanity.

All private plans, all private lives, have been in a sense repealed by an overriding public danger.

Almighty God, who hast given us this good land for our heritage; We humbly beseech Thee that we may always prove ourselves a people mindful of Thy favor and glad to do Thy will.