If wars in the future are to be prevented the nations must be united in their determination to keep the peace under law.

A man who is not interested in politics is not doing his patriotic duty toward maintaining the constitution of the United States.

I got very well acquainted with Joe Stalin, and I like old Joe! He is a decent fellow. But Joe is a prisoner of the Politburo.

A President needs political understanding to run the government, but he may be elected without it.

Democracy maintains that government is established for the benefit of the individual, and is charged with the responsibility of protecting the individual, and is charged with the responsibility of protecting the rights of the individual and his freedom in the exercise of his abilities. Democracy is based on the conviction that man has the moral and intellectual capacity, as well as the inalienable right, to govern himself with reason and justice.

Every segment of our population, and every individual, has a right to expect from his government a fair deal.

To me party platforms are contracts with the people.