"The survival of that spirit is more important than ever."
"This means that if we do not now take effective measures to prevent another world war..."
"We have not labored long and faithfully to build in this New World a system of international security and cooperation—merely to let it be dissipated..."
"This courage—which was his dominating trait—prompted him more than once to stand alone and to challenge the wisdom of counsels taken by powerful interests within his own party."
"In this hour of grave crisis the country loses a great citizen through his untimely passing."
"The Nation will long remember Wendell Willkie as a forthright American."
"I am deeply moved at the news that the liberation of Greece has begun."
"It is more than fitting, it is inevitable, that as hopeless darkness is engulfing the ideals of Nazi barbarism the clear Greek air will once more be breathed by free men without fear of oppression."
"The right to vote must be open to us citizens irrespective of race, color or creed, without tax or artificial restriction of any kind. And the sooner we get to that basis of political equality, the be..."
"I know how difficult it is, especially for the many millions of women now employed, to get away to register and vote."
"I have never sought, and I do not welcome the support of any person or group committed to Communism, or Fascism, or any other foreign ideology which would undermine the American system of government."
"The power of the will of the American people expressed through the free ballot... is the surest protection against the weakening of our democracy."