It is no coincidence that the growth of modern tyrants has in every case been heralded by the growth of prejudice.

If this liberal potential is properly channeled, we may expect the area of freedom of the United States to increase. The problem is to spend up our rate of social invention in the service of the welfare of all the people.

The century which we are entering can be and must be the century of the common man.

The dangerous American fascist is the man who wants to do in the United States in an American way what Hitler did in Germany in a Prussian way.

Most American fascists are enthusiastically supporting the war effort. They are doing this even in those cases where they hope to have profitable connections with German chemical firms after the war ends.

The worldwide, agelong struggle between fascism and democracy will not stop when the fighting ends in Germany and Japan.

A liberal knows that the only certainty in this life is change but believes that the change can be directed toward a constructive end.