Our responsibility is one of decision, for to govern is to choose.

We cannot be satisfied with things as they are. We cannot be satisfied to drift, to rest on our oars, to glide over a sea whose depths are shaken by subterranean upheavals.

Food is strength, and food is peace, and food is freedom, and food is a helping hand to people around the world whose good will and friendship we want.

The true democracy, living and growing and inspiring, puts its faith in the people - faith that the people will not simply elect men who will represent their views ably and faithfully, but will also elect men who will exercise their conscientious judgment - faith that the people will not condemn those whose devotion to principle leads them to unpopular courses, but will reward courage, respect honor, and ultimately recognize right.

The world was not meant to be a prison in which man awaits his execution.

The leadership of the American Legion has not had a constructive thought for the benefit of this country since 1918.

No American is ever made better off by pulling a fellow American down, and all of us are made better off whenever any one of us is made better off.