No business is above Government; and Government must be empowered to deal adequately with any business that tries to rise above Government.

How many people in the United States do you think will be willing to go to war to free Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania?

Private enterprise is ceasing to be free enterprise.

I believe that the fundamental proposition is that we must recognize that the hostilities in Europe, in Africa, and in Asia are all parts of a single world conflict. We must, consequently, recognize that our interests are menaced both in Europe and in the Far East.

If the fires of freedom and civil liberties burn low in other lands they must be made brighter in our own. If in other lands the press and books and literature of all kinds are censored we must redouble our efforts here to keep them free. If in other lands the eternal truths of the past are threatened by intolerance we must provide a safe place for their perpetuation.

The future lies with those wise political leaders who realize that the great public is interested more in government than in politics.

There can be little doubt that in many ways the story of bridge building is the story of civilisation. By it we can readily measure an important part of a people's progress.