Don't forget what I discovered that over ninety percent of all national deficits from 1921 to 1939 were caused by payments for past, present, and future wars.

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us.

It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.

We must be the great arsenal of democracy. For us this is an emergency as serious as war itself. We must apply ourselves to our task with the same resolution, the same sense of urgency, the same spirit of patriotism and sacrifice as we would show were we at war.

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

We know that there are chiselers. At the bottom of every case of criticism and obstruction we have found some selfish interest, some private axe to grind.

It is the duty of the President to propose and it is the privilege of the Congress to dispose.