Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

We Americans want peace and we shall prepare for a peace, but not for a peace whose definition is slavery or death.

Radio Address for the Drawing Under the Selective Service Act of 1940

10/28/1940

More Franklin Roosevelt Quotes

You'll need two or three notebooks this morning.

The first thing is to stop the fighting, and the second thing is to avoid anarchy.

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It was the intention of this Government that the successful close of the war shall include provisions for the surrender to the United Nation...