If I went to work in a factory the first thing I'd do is join a union.

Goods produced under conditions which do not meet a rudimentary standard to decency should be regarded as contraband and not allowed to pollute the channels of international commerce.

The future lies with those wise political leaders who realize that the great public is interested more in Government than in politics. The growing independence of voters, after all, has been proven by the votes in every Presidential election since my childhood and the tendency, frankly, is on the increase.

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

We have learned that we cannot live alone, at peace; that our own well-being is dependent on the well-being of other nations far away. We have learned that we must live as men, not as ostriches, nor as dogs in the manger.

Taxes, after all, are dues that we pay for the privileges of membership in an organized society.

We think of our land and water and human resources not as static and sterile possessions but as life giving assets to be directed by wise provisions for future days.