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

Communism masquerades as a doctrine of progress.

I know something about how the Irish fight.

To carry out that responsibility we must maintain our strength--military, economic, and moral.

I am here today to report to you on the critical nature of the situation in Europe, and to recommend action for your consideration.

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

We can have confidence in the righteousness of our course.

It is tyranny against freedom.

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?'

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

We must not fall victim to the insidious propaganda that peace can be obtained solely by wanting peace.

It is a tragic record.

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.

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.

We must beware of those who are devoting themselves to sowing the seeds of disunity among our people.

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

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