Against naked force the only possible defense is naked force. The aggressor makes the rules for such a war; the defenders have no alternative but matching destruction with more destruction, slaughter with greater slaughter.

It is the purpose of the government to see that not only the legitimate interests of the few are protected but that the welfare and rights of the many are conserved.

Labor Day symbolizes our determination to achieve an economic freedom for the average man which will give his political freedom reality.

Wise and prudent men-intelligent conservatives-have long known that in a changing world worthy institutions can be conserved only by adjusting them to the changing time.

More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginning of all wars-yes, an end to this brutal, inhuman and thoroughly impractical method of settling the differences between governments.

Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.

Freedom to learn is the first necessity of guaranteeing that man himself shall be self-reliant enough to be free.

A Liberal is a man who uses his legs and his hands at the behest-at the command-of his head.

Our government is based on the belief that a people can be both strong and free, that civilized men need no restraint but that imposed by themselves against abuse of freedom.

In the truest sense freedom cannot be bestowed, it must be achieved.