FDR: “They are fighting to save for all mankind, including ourselves, the principles which have flourished in this new world…”

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

I wish I had the power, just for this evening, to be present at all of these gatherings.

I do know it will come, and I do know that tonight there are over seven and a half million Americans overseas or fighting afloat in this great war.

This year we give as well in necessity—necessity for our own.