The virtues are lost in self-interest as rivers are lost in the sea.

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

There is nothing so American as our national parks. The scenery and the wildlife are native. The fundamental idea behind the parks is native. It is, in brief, that the country belongs to the people, that it is in process of making for the enrichment of the lives of all of us. The parks stand as the outward symbal of the great human principle.

We had to struggle with the old enemies of peace - business and financial monopoly, speculation, reckless banking, class antagonism, sectionalism, war profiteering

The American people want their government to act, and not merely to talk, whenever and wherever there is a threat to world peace.

Okay, you've convinced me. Now go out there and bring pressure on me.

I consider it a public duty to answer falsifications with facts. I will not pretend that I find this an unpleasant duty. I am an old campaigner, and I love a good fight.