What a man needs to get ahead is a powerful enemy.

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

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 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.

I believe the moral losses of expediency always far outweigh the temporary gains.

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