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.

That, in its essence, is Fascism — ownership of Government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power.

In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.

I am ... willing to make it clear that American foreign policy must uphold the sanctity of international treaties. That is the cornerstone on which all relations between nations must rest.

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

I fearthat both dictators [Hitler and Mussolini] think their present methods are succeeding because of the gains they have made in Albania, Hungary and Yugoslavia.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.