FDR

A war which threatened to envelop the world in flames has been averted; but it has become increasingly clear that world peace is not assured.

To us much is given; more is expected.

Let us all fix that fact in our minds so that there shall be no doubt about it and so that we may have a clear and intelligent idea of what we have been doing.

There are many methods short of war, but stronger and more effective than mere words, of bringing home to aggressor governments the aggregate sentiments of our own people.

A dictatorship may command the full strength of a regimented nation.

I do not regard a penny of it as wasted.

Dictatorship, however, involves costs which the American people will never pay: The cost of our spiritual values.

We require continual study of the revenues necessary to carry on the normal functions of the Federal Government.

Words may be futile, but war is not the only means of commanding a decent respect for the opinions of mankind.

It should be added, however, that it is my firm conviction that such new taxes as may be imposed should be most carefully selected.

Effective timing of defense, and the distant points from which attacks may be launched are completely different from what they were twenty years ago.

This table is an indicator and not a gauge.

Our nation's program of social and economic reform is therefore a part of defense, as basic as armaments themselves.

We have not been throwing the taxpayers' money out of the window or into the sea.

All lands of the United States within the following-described boundaries... are hereby included in and reserved as part of the Hiawatha National Forest in the State of Michigan

I reserve the right by virtue of the authority vested in me to revoke or modify this Proclamation as the Interests of the United States may seem to require.

The title of the officer appointed and designated to have the immediate supervision of the National Youth Administration be changed from Executive Director to Administrator of the National Youth Administration.

Initial appointments to the positions of Chief of the Industry Committee Section; Chief of the Hearings and Exemptions Section; Director of Regional Offices; Chief of Policies and Standards Section; Regional Directors (12) and Territorial…

I hereby order that the transfers, consolidations, and eliminations contemplated by section 4 of Executive Order No. 6166 of June 10, 1933, as amended, together with the operation of all other provisions of Executive Order No. 6166 of June…

I hereby exempt the said Cloyd A. McIlvaine from compulsory retirement for age for a period of one year ending February 29, 1940.

It is my desire that they be kept as a whole and intact in their original condition, available to scholars of the future in one definite locality.

I have been thinking about it for the last three years, three or four years.

Yes, because people did not write as much in those days.

I wanted to make sure that this archive is well preserved and accessible to future historians.

It is my thought, however, that an opportunity exists to set up for the first time in this country what might be called a source material collection relating to a specific period in our history.