I have the prerogative of disregarding advice, which I seem often to do.

We must be real leaders. We must never be discouraged.

I decided, in the minute or two that I should like to impose on you this morning, to resume the effort that I have been making now for 11 years.

WHEREAS in my opinion such disputes have resulted in a strike affecting a substantial part of the maritime industry, an industry engaged in trade, commerce, transportation, transmission, or communication among the several states and with…

I don't believe Americans give up in the face of difficulties.

It was in early June in London, England, 1942, and it was my first real war contact of that war with the Red Cross.

He thought I should talk about these things.

I thank you very much for the honor of being invited to participate in the dedication of this building to that kind of purpose.

On balance, to my mind he is a man who will make a great Chief Justice; and so I selected him.

I intend to designate Governor Earl Warren as Chief Justice of the United States.

I think that the heart of America resents this kind of thing very deeply.

From the very beginning, from the moment of the unfortunate death of my great friend, Mr. Vinson, I have been thinking over this whole thing.

We don't want any war, and anyone who has had certainly the kind of experience with war that I have had can say this with such a passion, almost, as to put war at the very last of any possible solutions to the world's difficulties.

As you know, just before Congress adjourned, the administration asked that the debt limit be raised so as to provide the certainty that all bills could be met on time when presented.

I have constantly stated I will not participate in local campaigns.

I believe we have gone far enough in this so you could say that the only possible tragedy greater than winning a war would be losing it.

For many years, I think, I personally have put my adverse conclusions on such a tax so far as the Federal Government is concerned, and made them public long before I ever thought that I would be in a place I had any responsibility about it.

The imposition of the import fees hereinafter proclaimed I's shown by such investigation of the Commission to be necessary in order that the entry of almonds described in the fifth recital of this proclamation will not render or tend to…