FDR: “Practically all Germans deny the fact they surrendered in the last war, but this time they are going to know it.”

I wish I had the power, just for this evening, to be present at all of these gatherings.

I do know it will come, and I do know that tonight there are over seven and a half million Americans overseas or fighting afloat in this great war.

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to take possession of any and all such mines.

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