For all of us here, for the millions who have sent us, for the whole two billion members of the human family, our land is now, more than ever before, the last best hope on earth. And I know that we can, and I know that we shall began [sic] here the fuller and richer realization of that hope — that promise of a land where all men are truly free and equal, and each man uses his freedom and equality wisely well.


Address to the Democratic National Convention (July 14, 1948), Convention Hall, Philadelphia.


For all of us here, for the millions who have sent us, for the whole two billion members of the human family, our land is now, more than ever before, ...

For all of us here, for the millions who have sent us, for the whole two billion members of the human family, our land is now, more than ever before, ...

For all of us here, for the millions who have sent us, for the whole two billion members of the human family, our land is now, more than ever before, ...

For all of us here, for the millions who have sent us, for the whole two billion members of the human family, our land is now, more than ever before, ...