FDR: “I ask you to plow out this furrow to a successful and victorious end.”

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

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.

I recommend that the Congress authorize the acceptance of the Constitution and the participation of the United States in the work of the Food and Agriculture Organization.