The first theory is that if we make the rich richer, somehow they will let a part of their prosperity trickle down to the rest of us. The second theory was the theory that if we make the average of mankind comfortable and secure, their prosperity will rise upward through the ranks.

The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little.

Too often in recent history liberal governments have been wrecked on rocks of loose fiscal policy.

I have seen children starving. I have seen the agony of mothers and wives. I hate war.

It has its distinct and insurmountable limitations when applied to public personnel management.

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.

In vain they seek to hide behind the flag and the Constitution. In their blindness they forget what the flag and the Constitution stand for. Now, as always, they stand for democracy, not tyranny; for freedom, not subjection; and against a dictatorship by mob rule and the over-privileged alike.