As for your religion, God knows, I wish I was as good a Protestant as lots of you are good Catholics.

And I tell you this, I'd be glad to have a minister that I could follow and respect and love as I respect and love Monseigneur Lourde of Manitou.

I want to bring these two towns together, to make them a sign of what this country is, and what it can do; to make hundreds like ourselves in Manitou and Lebanon work together towards health, wealth, comfort and happiness.

Can't you see, my friends, what I'm driving at?
I'm for peace and work and wealth and power--not power for myself alone, but power that belongs to all of us.

If I can show I'm a good man at my job, maybe better than others, then I have a right to ask you to follow me.