But if we had to trade with a Europe dominated by the present German trade policies, we might have to change our methods to some totalitarian form. This is a prospect that any lover of democracy must view with consternation.

No man has a right in America to treat any other man "tolerantly" for tolerance is the assumption of superiority. Our liberties are equal rights of every citizen.

There exists in the world today a gigantic reservoir of good will toward us, the American people.

But we cannot just take this historical fact for granted. We must make it live.

No man has the right to use the great powers of the Presidency to lead the people, indirectly, into war.

Today it is becoming increasingly apparent to thoughtful Americans that we cannot fight the forces and ideas of imperialism abroad and maintain any form of imperialism at home. The war has done this to our thinking.

There are no distant places any longer: the world is small and the world is one.