FDR: “The spirit that animated those voyagers four centuries ago is not alien to these Western plains and mountains.”

The work, my friends, is peace.

I wish I had the power, just for this evening, to be present at all of these gatherings.

It may be in another week or ten days.

We must go on to do all in our power to conquer the doubts and the fears, the ignorance and the greed, which made this horror possible.