Excerpts from the Press Conference
10/26/1942
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The structure of world peace cannot be the work of one man, or one party, or one Nation.
World peace is not a party question.
I hereby direct the Secretary of the Navy to terminate and relinquish, on or before the fifteenth day following the date...
I have never for an instant wavered in my belief that an agreement to insure world peace and security can be reached.