I suggest a nationwide reading of the Holy Scriptures during the period from Thanksgiving Day to Christmas.

All free peoples are deeply impressed by the courage and steadfastness of the Greek nation.

Democracy can thrive only when it enlists the devotion of those whom Lincoln called the common people. Democracy can hold that devotion only when it adequately respects their dignity by so ordering society as to assure to the masses of men and women reasonable security and hope for themselves and for their children.

This nation asks for action, and action now.

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 fate of America cannot depend on any one man. The greatness of America is grounded in principles and not on any single personality.

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