The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-07-16
States and for the union of nations
which is the United Nations.

States and for the union of nations
which is the United Nations.
For after all country is not great
er than it's citizens. We are United
States of America because the men of
this country decided to put aside Sec
tiOnal and religious differences to work
together for the good of the country
as a whole. If we want to change our
nation, we have the power to do so,
by changing the minds of the men and
women who comprise the nation. If we
want to be prosperous, we can, for new
wealth can be built only by men. 1t we
want security, we can build it. If we
want to eradicate all evil systems and
handicapS, we can - for we created
them.
America was made great by the men
who built it. If it remains great, it
will he the doing of you and of me and
of all our fellow Americans working
together as free men, We are in war
for the preservation Of America. 1t is
the fight of all of us-and working to-
gether we will win!
For the American form of govern.
ment is not only the last stand of
ganized Labor-the last stand for free
dom for the individual
Democracy is Il way of thOught-and
no dictator can dominate forever the
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thought of man that has spelled the
doom of every dictator whoever lived
Or will ever rise from the ashes of
an embittered nation.
When we fight for democracy. we are
not fighting for Il country but for an
ideal--not for Il wOrd-but for the
things for which that word stands.
Make no mistake about tin war
way of life demands more of its fol-
lowers than does any other form on
government.
The democratic way of life demands
dictators from a master but have to
govern themselves - what laws they
nave are made by them, so that there
is no alibi when they fall short. They
obey orders from those whom they
have elected to lead them and from
their deputies alone.
The democratic way of life demands
SelfcOntrol. Man is not strained by
force, but must reason and restrain
himself. He is not trained to war-but
by reason Of his self-control, he can
put aside his most cherished work 70
fight for liberties to which he hopes
to return.
The democratic way of life demands
education. Not the education given to
children in the dictator ruled state
but the training in thinking things out
and in thinking things through. Man
must learn to live in Il democracy. He
must be educated to live with his fel-
low man, without regard to class, race,
creed or color, to cooperate without
meddling, to act in Il spirit of fellow
ship without any attempt to domineer
over the life of someone else, and To
accept the peculiarities of another as
he expects his own peculiarities to be
accepted.
The democratic way of life demands
cooperation. In order to make it work
there must be an opportunity for each
citizen to earn Il living, to have OppOr-
tunities equal to his natural capabli-
ties and to have Il chance to develop
those capabilities to the utmost. We
have gone far under the capitalist sys-
TEN, and if we want to see free enter
prise continue we will have to see that
1t works for the good of all Under our
democratic way of life the common
laborer in the factory or on the farm
has far higher standard of
living than in any other country in the
world Some rabble rOusers say that in
defending capitalism we are destroying
democracy. But our people remember
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