I ask especially that no state shall, by law or otherwise, authorize the return of the saloon, either in its old form or in some modern guise.

We are going to tax and tax, spend and spend, elect and elect.

It is a good thing to demand liberty for ourselves and for those who agree with us, but it is a better thing and a rarer thing to give liberty to others who do not agree with us.

For out of this modern civilization economic royalists carved new dynasties. New kingdoms were built upon concentration of control over material things. Through new uses of corporations, banks and securities, new machinery of industry and agriculture, of labor and capital - all undreamed of by the Fathers - the whole structure of modern life was impressed into this royal service.

The money-changers have fled from their high seats in the temple of our civilization. We may now restore that temple to the ancient truths.

What worries me, especially, is that public opinion over here is patting itself on the back every morning and thanking God for theAtlantic Ocean (and the Pacific Ocean). We greatly underestimate the serious implications to our own future.... Things move with such terrific speed these days, that it is really essential to us to think in broader terms and, in effect, to warn the American people that they, too, should think of possible ultimate results in Europe and the Far East.

The overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities a sense of humor and a sense of proportion.