We want a better America, an America that will give its citizens, first of all, a higher and higher standard of living so that no child will cry for food in the midst of plenty. We want to have an America where the inventions of science will be at the disposal of every American family, not merely for the few that can afford them. An America that will have no sense of insecurity and which will make it possible for all groups, regardless of race, creed, or color to live in friendship, to be real neighbors; an an America that will carry its great mission of helping other countries to help themselves, thinking not in terms of exploitation, but of creating plenty abroad so we can all enjoy it here in America.


Speech, reported in The New Republic, Vol. 115 (1946), p. 379

Sidney Hillman Quotes

We want a better America, an America that will give its citizens, first of all, a higher and higher standard of living so that no child will cry for...

We want a better America, an America that will give its citizens, first of all, a higher and higher standard of living so that no child will cry for...

We want a better America, an America that will give its citizens, first of all, a higher and higher standard of living so that no child will cry for...

We want a better America, an America that will give its citizens, first of all, a higher and higher standard of living so that no child will cry for...