09/01/1940
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"I hereby suspend, from and including the effective date of the said Acts, compliance with the provisions of the said sections during the continuance of any of the wars in which the United States is no..."
"I would accept and serve, but I would not run, in the usual partisan, political sense."
"If the Convention should carry this out, and nominate me for the Presidency, I shall accept."
"My principal objective, as you know, has been the protection of the rights and privileges and fortunes of what has been so well called the average of American citizens."