FDR: “I hereby designate Highgate Springs, Vermont, a customs port of entry.”

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.

The logic of events and our clear and pressing national interest must override our old party controversies.