The time has come when the free men and women of the world must face the threat to their liberty squarely and courageously.

We can have confidence in the righteousness of our course.

The people of the United States have learned that peace will not come in response to soft words and vague wishes.

I know that every loyal American citizen desires lasting peace based on freedom and justice for all men.

This threat to our liberty and to our faith must be faced by each one of us.

Universal training is the best means of building up a large pool of trained civilians who could be called upon in times of emergency.

Nearly a year ago Secretary of State George Marshall suggested that the nations of Europe work out a cooperative plan to recover from the effects of war.

It is a tragic record.

One nation has blocked action in the United Nations by using the veto time and time again.

Free men in every land are asking: 'Where is this leading? .... When will it end?'

We must be prepared to pay the price for peace, or assuredly we shall pay the price of war.

It was hard for some people to realize at the close of World War II that we could never again retire behind the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans and rely on friends abroad to protect democracy and freedom.

It is tyranny against freedom.

We will have to take risks during the coming year--risks perhaps greater than any this country has been called upon to assume.

The willingness of free nations, with long histories of past differences, to join together in the present union, is the most encouraging sign in Europe today.

Unity of purpose, unity of effort, and unity of spirit are essential to accomplish the task before us.

I do not want and I will not accept the political support of Henry Wallace and his Communists.

There are times in world history when it is far wiser to act than to hesitate.