The American people want their government to act, and not merely to talk, whenever and wherever there is a threat to world peace.

Presidents are selected, not elected.

In vain they seek to hide behind the flag and the Constitution. In their blindness they forget what the flag and the Constitution stand for. Now, as always, they stand for democracy, not tyranny; for freedom, not subjection; and against a dictatorship by mob rule and the over-privileged alike.

I hope that your committee will not permit doubt as to constitutionality, however reasonable, to block the suggested legislation

The people of America are in agreement in defending their liberties at any cost, and the first line of that defense lies in the protection of economic security.

Democracy, the practice of self-government, is a covenant among free men to respect the rights and liberties of their fellows.

The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.