All the oratory in the world won't change a bad law into a good law.

This one-sided barrage of propaganda seems overwhelming at first.

I am just as sure as I stand here that the people are with us in our efforts to implement the Democratic platform of 1948.

I am happy to be up here talking to you once more from the same old stand.

I commend to the consideration of my fellow citizens the reflection that our Army is a protector of those values and principles upon which our society is founded

The same diehard reactionaries who want to cripple the labor unions have also started a campaign of confusion against all other measures for the welfare of the people.

If we keep the people fully informed, I am confident that they will support the Congress and the President in our fight against the special interests.

I wish I deserved everything he said.

I am immensely gratified over the news from Rhodes that the Representatives of Egypt and Israel have signed an armistice agreement.

I can say categorically that they were not.

My first effort at a political speech would not be printable--or quotable.

I am sorry to have disappointed them!

I thought we had a perfect toastmaster, or presiding officer, for this occasion in Wilson Wyatt.

I will comment on that matter when it comes before me.

To do this means that the Government must act--act wisely and judiciously-but it must act.

I can't tell you how very much I appreciate this privilege.

If I remember correctly, I stood right here on the 19th of February 1948, and told you that you were looking at the next President.

Before you offer to bury a good Democrat, you better be sure he is dead.