National Isolation Breeds National Neurosis.

And It Is To These Rights - The Right Of Law And Order, The Right Of Life, The Right Of Liberty, The Right Of A Job, The Right Of A Home In A Decent Neighborhood, And The Right To An Education - It Is To These Rights That I Pledge My Life And Whatever Capacity And Ability I Have.

The History Of The Labor Movement Needs To Be Taught In Every School In This Land. America Is A Living Testimonial To What Free Men And Women, Organized In Free Democratic Trade Unions Can Do To Make A Better Life. We Ought To Be Proud Of It!

It Is Not Enough To Merely Defend Democracy. To Defend It May Be To Lose It; To Extend It Is To Strengthen It. Democracy Is Not Property; It Is An Idea.

People In Places Many Of Us Never Heard Of, Whose Names We Can't Pronounce Or Even Spell, Are Speaking Up For Themselves. They Speak In Languages We Once Classified As Exotic But Whose Mastery Is Now Essential For Our Diplomats And Businessmen. But What They Say Is Very Much The Same The World Over. They Want A Decent Standard Of Living. They Want Human Dignity And A Voice In Their Own Futures. They Want Their Children To Grow Up Strong And Healthy And Free.

It Is All Too Easy For A Society To Measure Itself Against Some Abstract Philosophical Principle Or Political Slogan. But In The End, There Must Remain The Question: What Kind Of Life Is One Society Providing To The People That Live In It?