Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

It is very late; but I have felt that you would rather that I speak to you now than wait until tomorrow.

I cannot forget that in carrying out this program I have drafted into the service of the nation many men and women.

The task of safeguarding our institutions seems to me to be twofold.

I must confess that I do so with mixed feelings—because I find myself, as almost everyone does sooner or later in his lifetime, in a conflic...