On the record
There have always been cheerful idiots in this country who believed that there would be no more war for us, if everybody in America would only return into their homes and lock their front doors behind them.
Source
gutenberg.orgFDR: “There have always been cheerful idiots in this country who believed that there would be no more war for us, if everybody…”
Editor's note · Context
Roosevelt criticizes those who naively believe that isolation will prevent war.
Share
More from FDR
Apr 9, 1945
All Federal agencies are directed to cooperate with the Secretary of the Interior to the fullest extent possible.
Mar 25, 1945
It will recommend agricultural policies and advise Nations on their food and agricultural problems, but it will have no power to coerce or command.
Other voices in this conversation
