“Ladies and Gentlemen, poison doesn’t always come in bottles, and it isn’t always marked with the skull and crossbones of danger. Poison can take the form of words, and phrases, and acts. The venom of racial and religious hatred here in the United States perhaps more than ever before, we must learn to recognize the poison of prejudice and discover the antidotes to its dangerous effects. Evidences of racial and religious hatred in our country lays a potent weapon in the hands of our enemies, providing them with the ammunition of criticism. Moreover, group hatred menaces the entire fabric of democratic life. As for the antidote, you can fight prejudice first by recognizing it for what it is, and secondly by actively accepting or rejecting people on their individual worth, and by speaking up against prejudice and for understanding. Remember, freedom and prejudice can’t exist side-by-side. If you choose freedom, fight prejudice.”