The Use Of The Atomic Bomb, With

[n]o Country Can Squander Itself To Prosperity On The Ruin Of Its Taxpayers.

I Am Firmly Opposed To The Government Entering Into Any Business The Major Purpose Of Which Is Competition With Our Citizens... For The Federal Government Deliberately To Go Out To Build Up And Expand... A Power And Manufacturing Business Is To Break Down The Initiative And Enterprise Of The American People; It Is The Destruction Of Equality Of Opportunity Amongst Our People, It Is The Negation Of The Ideals Upon Which Our Civilization Has Been Based.

Above All, We Know That Although Americans Can Be Led To Make Great Sacrifices, They Do Not Like To Be Driven.

It Is Those Moral And Spiritual Qualities Which Rise Alone In Free Men, Which Will Fulfill The Meaning Of The Word American. And With Them Will Come Centuries Of Further Greatness To Our Country.

The Glory Of The Nation Rests In The Character Of Her Men. And Character Comes From Boyhood. Thus Every Boy Is A Challenge To His Elders.