Tolerance is the assumption of superiority

Whenever we take away the liberties of those whom we hate we are opening the way to loss of liberty for those we love.

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.

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

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.

To suppress minority thinking and minority expression would tend to freeze society and prevent progress. Now more than ever we must keep in the forefront of our minds the fact that whenever we take away the liberties of those we hate, we are opening the way to loss of liberty for those we love.