War Quotes by Franklin D. Roosevelt

I have seen war ... I hate war.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

War is a contagion.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

I've fired my last shot. I think I should have another round in my belt.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

The hand that held the dagger has struck it into the back of its neighbor.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

December 7, 1941. A date which will live in infamy.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

More than just an end to war, we want an end to the beginnings of all wars.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

“War is young men dying and old men talking”

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Your boys are not going to be sent into any foreign wars.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

[D]rilling and arming, when carried on on a national scale, excite whole populations to frenzies which end in war.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Resort to force in the Great War (I) failed to bring tranquillity. Victory and defeat alike were sterile. That lesson the world…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

To win this war, we have been forced into a strategic compromise which will most certainly offend the Russians.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

When a country is at war we want Congressmen, regardless of party, to back up the government of the United States.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

I believe that we are going to get along very well with him [Josef Stalin] and the Russian people - very well…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

As a nation, we may take pride in the fact that we are softhearted; but we cannot afford to be soft-headed.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

The motto of war is: "Let the strong survive; let the weak die." The motto of peace is: "Let the strong help…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

We have the men--the skill--the wealth--and above all, the will… We must be the great arsenal of democracy.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Our security is not a matter of weapons alone. The arm that wields them must be strong, the eye that guides them…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

We are a nation of many nationalities, many races, many religions-bound together by a single unity, the unity of freedom and equality.…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

We must be the great arsenal of democracy. For us this is an emergency as serious as war itself. We must apply…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

I fearthat both dictators [Hitler and Mussolini] think their present methods are succeeding because of the gains they have made in Albania,…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

We had to struggle with the old enemies of peace - business and financial monopoly, speculation, reckless banking, class antagonism, sectionalism, war…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

In time of this grave national danger, when all excess income should go to win the war, no American citizen ought to…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

I believe that the fundamental proposition is that we must recognize that the hostilities in Europe, in Africa, and in Asia are…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Many causes produce war. There are ancient hatreds, turbulent frontiers, the "legacy of old forgotten, far-off things, and battles long ago." There…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

While things on the surface seem more quiet than at any time since last summer, I do not like the maintenance of…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

What worries me, especially, is that public opinion over here is patting itself on the back every morning and thanking God for…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

“From the end of the World War twenty-one years ago, this country, like many others, went through a phase of having large…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

I have seen war. I have seen war on land and sea. I have seen blood running from the wounded. I have…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

“There is a mysterious cycle in human events. To some generations much is given. Of other generations much is expected. This generation…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

(Mariners) have written one of its most brilliant chapters. They have delivered the goods when and where needed in every theater of…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Your profits are going to be cut down to a reasonably low level by taxation. Your income will be subject to higher…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Our policy is to give all possible material aid to the nations that still resist aggression across the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

How many people in the United States do you think will be willing to go to war to free Estonia, Latvia, and…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

On the European Front the most important development of the past year has been the crushing offensive of the Great Armies of…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Peace, like war, can succeed only where there is a will to enforce it, and where there is available power to enforce…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

It is highly unlikely that an airplane, or fleet of them, could ever sink a fleet of Navy vessels under battle conditions.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

I have seen children starving. I have seen the agony of mothers and wives. I hate war.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

There is one front and one battle where everyone in the United States-every man, woman, and child-is in action, and will be…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginning of all wars - yes, an end to this…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt