Freedom is an indivisible word. If we want to enjoy it, and fight for it, we must be prepared to extend it to everyone, whether they are rich or poor, whether they agree with us or not, no matter what their race or the color of their skin.

Freedom of the press is the staff of life, for any vital democracy.

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

Emancipation came to the colored race in America as a war measure. It was an act of military necessity. Manifestly it would have come without war, in the slower process of humanitarian reform and social enlightenment.

The modern airplane creates a new geographical dimension. A navigable ocean of air blankets the whole surface of the globe. There are no distant places any longer: the world is small and the world is one.

Be honorable yourself if you wish to associate with honorable people.

A true world outlook is incompatible with a foreign imperialism, no matter how high-minded the governing country.