US Presidency
1966

Our support goes to those who struggle to gain those rights or keep them. Wendell Willkie, Franklin Roosevelt's opponent in the campaign of 1940, shared his belief that freedom could not be founded only on American shores or only for those whose skin is white. Freedom is an indivisible word, Wendell Willkie said. If we want to enjoy it and fight for it we must be prepared to extend it to everyone, whether they are rich or poor, whether they agree with us or not, no matter what their race or the color of their skin. That was Republican policy 25 years ago. It was Democratic policy 25 years ago. It is Americana policy here tonight. Then how well have we done in our time in making the four freedoms real for our people and for the other people of the world? Here in America we accord every man the right to worship as he wills. I believe we are more tolerant of sectional and religious and racial differences than we were a quarter of a century ago.