FDR

The most important fact in our national life today is the essential fact of eleven million young Americans in our armed forces.

I can speak as one who knows something of the feelings of a parent with sons who are in the battle line overseas.

Our teamwork with our allies in this war has involved innumerable intricate problems.

These men could not have been armed, and they could not be equipped as they are, had it not been for the miracle of our production here back home.

We have to back our American words with American deeds.

I like to think that the history of the Philippine Islands... provides in a very real sense a pattern for the future of other small Nations and peoples of the world.

Concern for our national security does not end at our borders.

The American people have gone through great national debates in the recent critical years.

I have unlimited faith that the task can be done.

This Nation cannot, must not, and will not shirk that responsibility.

The principle of the neighbor who, resolutely respecting himself, equally respects the rights of others.

I hope to come back here some day and see them play.

I would hate to say how long ago—thirty-some years ago, in the Senate of the State of New York.

Peace, like war, can succeed only where there is a will to enforce it.

We could have come to terms with Hitler, and we could have accepted a minor role in his totalitarian world.

The kind of world order which we the peace-loving Nations must achieve... must depend essentially on friendly human relations.

He deserves well of mankind.

Enduring peace in the world has not a chance unless this Nation is willing to cooperate in winning it and maintaining it.

There is no guarantee that opportunity will knock a third time.

The recognition in 1933 of Soviet Russia... is something that I am proud of.

We shall not again be thwarted in our will to live as a mature Nation, confronting limitless horizons.

When the Japanese invaders have been driven out, the Philippines will take their place as a free and independent member of the family of Nations.

We and our Philippine brothers in arms- with the help of Almighty God- will drive out the invader; we will destroy his power to wage war again, and we will restore a world of dignity and freedom.

There never was a doubt that the people of the Philippines were worthy of their independence.

We have the will and the power to teach her the cost of treachery and deceit.