Pessimism Never Won Any Battle.

Whatever America Hopes To Bring To Pass In The World Must First Come To Pass In The Heart Of America.

But I Noted With Real Satisfaction How Well Ex-footballers Seemed To Have Leadership Qualifications . . . I Believe That Football, Perhaps More Than Any Other Sport, Tends To Instill In Men The Feeling That Victory Comes Through Hard - Almost Slavish - Work, Team Play, Self-confidence, And An Enthusiasm That Amounts To Dedication.

Unless We Progress, We Regress.

In This Way We Are Reaffirming The Transcendence Of Religious Faith In America's Heritage And Future. From This Day Forward, The Millions Of Our Schoolchildren Will Daily Proclaim In Every City And Town, Every Village And Every Rural Schoolhouse, The Dedication Of Our Nation And Our People To The Almighty. In This Way We Shall Constantly Strengthen Those Spiritual Weapons Which Forever Will Be Our Country's Most Powerful Resource In Peace And War.

It Is Probably A Pity That Every Citizen Of Each State Cannot Visit All The Others, To See The Differences, To Learn What We Have In Common, And Come Back With A Richer, Fuller Understanding Of America - In All Its Beauty, In All Its Dignity, In All Its Strength, In Support Of Moral Principles.