Organisation Can Never Be A Substitute For

The Most Important Office, And The One Which All Of Us Can And Should Fill, Is That Of Private Citizen.

The Constitutional Right Of Free Speech Has Been Declared To Be The Same In Peace And War. In Peace, Too, Men May Differ Widely As To What Loyalty To Our Country Demands, And An Intolerant Majority, Swayed By Passion Or By Fear, May Be Prone In The Future, As It Has Been In The Past, To Stamp As Disloyal Opinions With Which It Disagrees.

At The Foundation Of Our Civil Liberties Lies The Principle That Denies To Government Officials An Exceptional Position Before The Law And Which Subjects Them To The Same Rules Of Conduct That Are Commands To The Citizen.

What I Have Desired To Do Is To Make The People Of Boston Realize That The Most Important Office, And The One Which All Of Us Can And Should Fill, Is That Of Private Citizen.

Neutrality Is At Times A Graver Sin Than Belligerence.