The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all.

The greater our knowledge increases the more our ignorance unfolds.

There is nothing in the record of the past two years when both Houses of Congress have been controlled by the Republican Party which can lead any person to believe that those promises will be fulfilled in the future. They follow the Hitler line - no matter how big the lie; repeat it often enough and the masses will regard it as truth.

Our growing softness, our increasing lack of physical fitness, is a menace to our security.

We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people."

[Remarks on the 20th Anniversary of the Voice of America; Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, February 26, 1962]

The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities