FDR

I do not hesitate to say that if I had, for example, been engaged in a political campaign as a citizen of some other American Republic I might have been strongly tempted to play upon the fears of my compatriots.

The United States will never again seek one additional foot of territory by conquest.

It has seemed clear to me as President that the time has come to supplement and to implement the declaration of President Wilson by the further declaration that the definite policy of the United States from now on is one opposed to armed…

It is but an extension of the challenge of Woodrow Wilson for us to propose in this newer generation that from now on war by governments shall be changed to peace by peoples.

I did not make this suggestion until I felt assured, after a hardheaded practical survey, that the temper of the overwhelming majority of all men and women in my own country agrees with the fundamental objective I have set forth.

The maintenance of constitutional government in other Nations is not a sacred obligation devolving upon the United States alone.

Comprehension must be the soil in which shall grow all the fruits of friendship.

The blame for the danger to world peace lies not in the world population but in the political leaders of that population.

I believe that I express the views of my countrymen when I state that the old policies, the old alliances, the old combinations and balances of power have proved themselves inadequate for the preservation of world peace.

The acquisition of such of the aforesaid lands, by purchase or otherwise, as are suitable and necessary for the aforesaid purposes, is hereby authorized

I do hereby approve said Code of Fair Competition for the Wine Industry.

Their reinstatement is hereby directed

I do hereby approve said Code of Fair Competition for the Commercial and Breeder Hatchery Industry.

I look forward in confident anticipation to continuing mutual cooperation during 1934.

I take much pleasure in sending out to you my heartiest good wishes.

I give you and send you one and all, old and young, a Merry Christmas and a truly Happy New Year.

To more and more of us the words 'Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself' have taken on a meaning that is showing itself and proving itself in our purposes and daily lives.

God Bless Us Every One.

Your loyal and intelligent cooperation with us in Washington has made these recent months of our association a source of great satisfaction and encouragement to me.

My Christmas greetings and good wishes to the officers and men of the Army and Navy.

I do adopt and approve the report, recommendations and findings of the Administrator and do order that said amendments to the Code of Fair Competition for the Lace Manufacturing Industry be, and they hereby are, approved and made a part of…

I do hereby adopt and approve the report, recommendations and findings of the Administrator.

I have issued a Christmas Amnesty Proclamation, extending a full pardon to all persons who were convicted of such war-time offenses.

The effect of this proclamation is to restore to such persons their full civil rights.

I do appoint R. B. Paddock, Deputy Administrator of the National Industrial Recovery Act, to represent the Administration, as a member without vote, on the Code Authority for the Toy and Playthings Industry.