FDR: “I want to make it perfectly clear that I meant what I said—that you are without any question the best qualified of all…”

We must go on to do all in our power to conquer the doubts and the fears, the ignorance and the greed, which made this horror possible.

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

It is not really of any great importance.

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.