We [must] realize that our future lies chiefly in our own hands.

My future depends mostly upon myself.

The faces and the tactics of the leaders may change every four years, or two, or one, but the people go on forever.

We ask for nothing that is not ours by right, and herein lies the great moral power of our demand.

As Americans, preserving the best of our traditions, we have the right- nay the duty-to fight for participation in the forward march of humanity

And at home in the United States we found continued and increased persecution, first of leaders of the Communist Party, and then of all honest anti-fascists.

We must join with the tens of millions all over the world who see in peace our most sacred responsibility.