My own party can succeed at the polls only so long as it continues to be the party of militant liberalism.

The constant free flow of communication amount us-enabling the free interchange of ideas-forms the very bloodstream of our nation. It keeps the mind and body of our democracy eternally vital, eternally young.

True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.

If civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships - the ability of all peoples, of all kinds, to live together, in the same world at peace.

We look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms. The first is freedom of speech and expression. The second is freedom of every person to worship God in his own way. The third is freedom from want. The fourth is freedom from fear.

That, in its essence, is Fascism — ownership of Government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power.

Democracy, the practice of self-government, is a covenant among free men to respect the rights and liberties of their fellows.