We must stop setting our sights by the light of each passing ship; instead we must set our course by the stars.

The instruments of war can be manufactured ... human blood cannot be; and the lack of just one pint could mean the life of an American serviceman.

Passive inactivity, because you have not been given specific instructions to do this or to do that, is a serious deficiency.

An essential part of any successful action on the part of the United States is an understanding on the part of the people of America of the character of the problem and the remedies to be applied. ... It is virtually impossible at this distance merely by reading, or listening, or even seeing photographs or motion pictures, to grasp at all the real significance of the situation. And yet the whole world of the future hangs on a proper judgment.

The refusal of the British and Russian peoples to accept what appeared to be inevitable defeat was the great factor in the salvage of our civilization.

Wars are bred by poverty and oppression. Continued peace is possible only in a relatively free and prosperous world.

Democracy is the most demanding of all forms of government in terms of the energy, imagination, and public spirit required of the individual.