Fellow Americans of the radio audience, this is one of the saddest weeks that has come to humanity in a hundred years. A senseless war seems inevitably forced upon hundreds of millions of people. The whole world still prays for some miracle that might deliver us. For war means the killing of millions of the best and the most courageous of men who might contribute something to human progress. It means the killing and starvation of millions of women and children. It means another quarter of a century of impoverishment for the whole world. And it will likely be a long war, it is possible that the brave people of Poland may be overrun in a few months, but there seems no point of access from which an overwhelming attack can be delivered from the British and French on one side, to the Germans on the other, which might quickly end this war. It’s likely to be a war of slow attrition, and the fate of Poland will depend upon its ending. The air defenses of France and England, their greatly superior naval strength, their manpower, resources, their resolution, make it certain that they can defend themselves. And it is true that vast fleets of airplanes on both sides contribute a new and uncertain factor, but there is nothing which proves that even the superiority in airplanes can win the war. And while assurances have been given that there will be no bombing of women and children, there may come a time of desperation when all restraints go to the winds. It’s likely to be the most barbarous war that we have ever known.
This situation is the world today is not the act of the German people themselves, it’s the act of a group who hold them in subjection. The whole Nazi system is repugnant to the American people. The most of American sympathy will be to the democracies, but whatever our sympathies are, we cannot solve the problems of Europe. America must keep out of this war. The President and the Congress should be supported in their every efforts to keep us out. We can keep out, if we have the resolute national will to do so. We can be of more service to Europe and to humanity if we preserve the vitality and strength of the United States for use in the period of peace which must sometime come. And we must keep out if we are to preserve for civilization the very foundations of democracy and of free men
Life Is a Game
Image life as a game in which you are playing some five balls in the air. You name them—work, family, health, friends and spirit, and you’re keeping all these balls in the air.
You understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. But the other four balls are made of glass. If you drop one of these, it will be irrevocably scuffed, marked, damaged or even broken into pieces. They will never be the same. You must understand and strive for balance in your life. How?
Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself to others. It is because we are different that each of us are special.
Don’t set your goals by what other people consider important. Only you know what is best for you.
Don’t take for granted the things closest to your heart. Hold on to them as you would to life, for without them, it’s meaningless.
Don't give up when you still have something to give. Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.
Don't be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together.
Don't be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave.
Don't shut love out of your life by saying it's impossible to find. The quickest way to receive love is to give it; the fastest way to lose love is to hold it too tightly; and the best way to keep love is to give it wings.
Don't forget, a person's greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.
Don't be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless, a treasure you can always carry easily.
Don't use time or words carelessly. Neither can be retrieved.
Don’t let life slip through your fingers by living in the past or in the future. By living your life one day at a time, you live all the days of your life.
Don’t’ run-through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been, but also where you are going.
Life is not a race, but a journey to be enjoyed slowly each step of the way. Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, and today is a gift. That’s why we call it—the present.
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