FDR: “There could be no safety in passivity; no sanctuary in isolation.”

It seems obvious that we will be more or less responsible for security in all the Pacific waters.

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows:

The work, my friends, is peace.

We shall be equipped to deal with the great overriding question of security, and with the crucial questions of money and exchange...