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

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

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

We can have confidence in the righteousness of our course.

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

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

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.

It is tyranny against freedom.

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

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

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.

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

The adoption of universal training by this nation at this time would serve notice on the world that our pleas for peace were not mere idle words, but that we had the strength to back up our will for peace.

I can express my firm conviction that, at this moment in history, the faith and strength of the United States are mighty forces for the prevention of war and the establishment of peace.

I know something about how the Irish fight.