There comes a time in the affairs of men when they must prepare to defend not their homes alone but the tenets of faith and humanity on which their churches, their governments and their very foundations are set. The defense of religion, of democracy and of good faith among nations is all the same fight. To save one, we must now make up our minds to save all.

The fate of America cannot depend on any one man. The greatness of America is grounded in principles and not on any single personality.

Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.

I hope that you have re-read the Constitution of the United States in these past few weeks. Like the Bible, it ought to be read again and again.

All work undertaken should be useful - not just for a day, or a year, but useful in the sense that it affords permanent improvement in living conditions or that it creates future new wealth for the Nation.

This nation asks for action, and action now.

[D]rilling and arming, when carried on on a national scale, excite whole populations to frenzies which end in war.