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

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

I am not interested in the support of anybody who stands for any form of prejudice as to anybody's race or religion. . . . I have no place in my philosophy for such beliefs.

If the British Fleet were lost or captured, the Atlantic might be dominated by Germany, a power hostile to our way of life, controlling in that event most of the ships and shipbuilding facilities of Europe.

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

It is, therefore, essential that we guard our own thinking and not be among those who cry out against prejudices applicable to themselves, while busy spawning intolerances for others.

I believe in America because we have great dreams, and because we have the opportunity to make those dreams come true.