"The Communist Party, in my opinion, represents today a far greater threat to our democracy after the war than do the Nazis. I do not meant that the Communists are less desirable that the Nazis, but after all the Communists are here in this country, growing in strength and prestige every day, already an accepted Ally in good standing of our own Ally, Great Britain. The Nazis, barring a few stray subversive elements that may be kicking around in the back streets, are still pretty well concentrated 3,500 miles away. . ."
- Chester Bowles [AFC member and liberal New York advertising executive] to R. Douglas Stuart, Jr.
"The entry of Communist Russia into the war certainly should settle once and for all the intervention issue here at home. the war party can hardly ask the people of America to take up arms behind the red flag of Stalin. With the ruthless forces of dictatorship and aggression now clearly aligned on both sides the proper course for the United States becomes even clearer. We must continue to build our own defenses and take no part in the incongruous European conflict. . . In the name of the four freedoms are we now to undertake a program of all-out aid to Russia?"
- AFC Statement released June 23, 1941
"Communism is intrinsically wrong, and no one who would save Christian civilization may collaborate with in in any undertaking whatsoever."
- Quote by Pope Pius XI cited in a Form letter to all AFC Chapter Chairman, September 2, 1941