It is most regrettable that some persons think that it was all well an — Dennis Chávez

"No discrimination was shown by the Japanese enemy in his treatment of the Negro or the Jew or the Mexican or the so-called Anglo-Saxon stock-he murdered them all irrespective of their religion, color, or politics. On the beachheads of Tarawa, Okinawa, or Guam there was no discrimination. Along the sandbanks of Anzio no discrimination was shown by the German or any other common enemy. But here in our own country by people who should know better, and do know better, discrimination at times becomes rampant. Even now, the ugly head of racial and religious prejudice shows itself too vividly to be ignored. To outlaw the discriminatory employment practices stemming from racial and religious bigotry is the new task which must now engage us."

"These senators, recognizing that the tide of human progress has out-paced them, would try to stem its onrush by the extreme tactic of filibustering the bill."

"Hitler believed in discrimination. We know what happened. He carried it to its finality. He believed in a superior race. He believed in a superior people and the power of might and dictatorship. I believe in the law. I prefer due process of law to paying tribute to any individual in this country."

"Mr President, what about those promises? Were they supposed to be made but not to be kept"

"And what about Latin America? We cant expect the nations of this hemisphere to break their necks to help us in the event of another war if we continue to mistreat their cousins in our own country."

"Every great crisis in American history has thus far had the moral result of increased protection and increased liberty for the individual. This countrys first great crisis-the American Revolution-gave us political and religious independence. The crisis which was the Civil War gave us freedom from bondage for all menand women. Out of the crisis of the First World War came womens suffrage. Out of this World War II, with all its terrifying implications, comes: What?"