I see one-third of a nation ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished.

Freedom to learn is the first necessity of guaranteeing that man himself shall be self reliant enough to be free.

Self-help and self-control are the essence of the American tradition.

Not only our future economic soundness but the very soundness of our democratic institutions depends on the determination of our government to give employment to idle men.

More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginning of all wars - yes, an end to this brutal, inhuman and thoroughly impractical method of settling the differences between governments.

In the field of world policy; I would dedicate this nation to the policy of the good neighbor.

These are bad days for all of us who remember always that when real world forces come into conflict, the final result is never as dark as we mortals guess it in very difficult days.