More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginning of all wars - yes, an end to this… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Chamberlain's visit to Hitler today may bring things to a head or may result in a temporary postponement of what looks to… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Slowly, and in spite of anything we Americans do or do not do, it looks a little as if you and some… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Yesterday, December 7, 1941 a date which will live in infamy the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Our national determination to keep free of foreign wars and foreign entanglements cannot prevent us from feeling deep concern when ideals and… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“We have faith that future generations will know that here, in the middle of the twentieth century, there came a time when… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The chief problem is, of course, whether the marching of the general spirit of things is heading consciously or sub- consciously toward… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Don't forget what I discovered that over ninety percent of all national deficits from 1921 to 1939 were caused by payments for… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
A point has been reached where the peoples of the Americas must take cognizance of growing ill-will, of marked trends toward aggression,… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginnings of all wars. Yes, an end to this brutal,… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I think that both here and in England there are two schools of thought--those who would be altruistic in regard to the… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
If civilization is to survive, the principles of the Prince of Peace must be restored. Shattered trust between nations must be revived.… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“We had to struggle with the old enemies of peace - business and financial monopoly, speculation, reckless banking, class antagonism, sectionalism, war… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The peoples of many countries are being taxed to the point of poverty and starvation in order to enable Governments to engage… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
We had to struggle with the old enemies of peace—business and financial monopoly, speculation, reckless banking, class antagonism, sectionalism, war profiteering. They… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
On this tenth day of June, nineteen hundred and forty, the hand that held the dagger has struck it into the back… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
They have given their sons to the military services. They have stoked the furnaces and hurried the factory wheels. They have made… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Older men declare war. But it is youth that must fight and die. And it is youth who must inherit the tribulation,… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I am particularly interested in the indications that the people seem to understand and approve the necessity of pursuing the course that… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
And while I am talking to you mothers and fathers, I give you one more assurance. I have said this before, but… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Against naked force the only possible defense is naked force. The aggressor makes the rules for such a war; the defenders have… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
We are not isolationists except in so far as we seek to isolate ourselves completely from war. Yet we must remember that… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Unless the peace that follows recognizes that the whole world is one neighborhood and does justice to the whole human race, the… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
These are bad days for all of us who remember always that when real world forces come into conflict, the final result… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
In a democratic nation, power must be linked with responsibility, and obliged to defend and justify itself within the framework of the general good. — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
'Peace on earth, good will toward men' - democracy must cling to that message. For it is my deep conviction that democracy cannot live… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I have seen war. I have seen war on land and sea. I have seen blood running from the wounded. I have seen men… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
All of our people all over the country-except the pure-blooded Indians-are immigrants or descendants of immigrants, including even those who came over here on… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
They have given their sons to the military services. They have stoked the furnaces and hurried the factory wheels. They have made the planes… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
On the European Front the most important development of the past year has been the crushing offensive of the Great Armies of Russia... — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The core of our defense is the faith we have in the institutions we defend. — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Labor Day symbolizes our determination to achieve an economic freedom for the average man which will give his political freedom realty. — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Too often in recent history liberal governments have been wrecked on rocks of loose fiscal policy. — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The future lies with those wise political leaders who realize that the great public is interested more in Government than in politics. The growing… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
