Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

The periods of active military service of all members of the Regular Army Reserve are hereby extended for a period of eighteen months.

Executive Order 8862—Extending the Periods of Training and Service, Active Military Service, and Enlistment of Persons in or...

08/20/1941

More Franklin Roosevelt Quotes

We are now in the midst of a war, not for conquest, not for vengeance, but for a world in which this Nation, and all that this Nation repres...

Yesterday, December 7, 1941—a date which will live in infamy—the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval an...

All alien enemies are enjoined to preserve the peace towards the United States and to refrain from crime against the public safety.

Section 9 of Executive Order No. 7676 of July 26, 1937, entitled 'The Canal Zone Judiciary, is amended to read: