Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

That was the principal thesis of Lew Douglas all through 1933—do something to get the durable goods started.

Excerpts from the Press Conference

04/01/1937

More Franklin Roosevelt Quotes

It is ordered that Chapter XXII of the Foreign Service Regulations of the United States be amended as follows:

Preparation for defense is an inalienable prerogative of a sovereign state.

That is all.

This is not inconsistent in any sense with our status of peace.