"The one great principle of the New Deal is that the resources of the nation should be used for the benefit of all the people."

"We must be the great arsenal of democracy."

"We cannot be content, no matter how high the standard of living in America, if that standard is based on the exploitation of the human family in other parts of the world."

"The true conservative seeks to save in the future as well as in the present. He seeks to save not only in the hope of saving but in the hope of improving."

"I have seen war. I have seen war on land and sea. I have seen blood running in the streets. I have seen men coughing out their gassed lungs. I have seen dead in the mud. I have seen cities destroyed. …"