FDR: “Those incompetent blunderers and bunglers in Washington have passed a lot of excellent laws.”

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows:

We must go on to do all in our power to conquer the doubts and the fears, the ignorance and the greed, which made this horror possible.

All sections of our population—labor, farmers, businessmen have shared and will share in the benefits which increased trade brings.

The coming victory of the United Nations means that they, and not their enemies, have power to establish the foundations of the future.