No government is perfect. One of the chief virtues of a democracy, however, is that its defects are always visible and under democratic processes can be pointed out and corrected.

I sincerely wish that every member of Congress could visit the displaced person's camp in Germany and Austria and see just what is happening to 500,000 human b…

At the present moment in world history nearly every nation must choose between alternative ways of life. The choice is too often not a free one. One way of lif…

Boys, if you ever pray, pray for me now. I don't know whether you fellows ever had a load of hay fall on you, but when they told me yesterday what had happened…

Our Government springs from and was made for the people - not the people for the Government. To them it owes allegiance; from them it must derive its courage, …

In this shrinking world, it is futile to seek safety behind geographical barriers. Real security will be found only in law and in justice. Here in America, we …

You might however consider whether you should not unfold as a background the great privilege of habeas corpus and trial by jury, which are the supreme protecti…