
The foreign policy of this country is the most important question confronting us today.
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IN-RFormer senators

The foreign policy of this country is the most important question confronting us today.

No change in our foreign policy is contemplated.

Our foreign policy as established by the Congress, the President, and the Secretary of State, remains in full force and effect without change.

The people of the United States may disagree freely and publicly on any question, including that of foreign policy, but the Government of the United States must stand as a unit in its relations with the rest of the world.

Mr. Byrnes consults with me often, and the policies which guide him and his delegation have my full endorsement.

I have today asked Mr. Wallace to resign from the Cabinet.

Our responsibility for obtaining a just and lasting peace extends not only to the people of this country but to the nations of the world.

By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, and in order to provide for the fullest development and coordination of the aviation policies and activities of the Federal agencies, and in the interest of the…

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It's a pleasure to have you here again, and to meet you all.

We are going to make atomic energy a weapon of peace.

The Council is intended to keep us abreast of trends nationally and internationally.

We have Government principally to act as, say, an umpire, to see that everybody gets a square deal.

I think we are gradually approaching a situation where we shall have peace in the world, with the United Nations Organization operating on the basis of a constitution for the whole world.

It is working now almost full blast, in cooperation with the Federal Budget Director, and is beginning to make some of its surveys.

It took us about 80 years to get a good start and to make it operate, and we are still trying to make it operate efficiently.

That is the ideal situation sought by the Constitution of the United States, which in my opinion is the greatest document the Government has ever written.