FDR

When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has struck before you crush him.

It is no act of war on our part when we decide to protect the seas that are vital to American defense.

I do hereby create a board to be composed of 5 persons not pecuniarily or otherwise interested in any organization of railway employees or any carrier.

Now threaten substantially to interrupt interstate commerce.

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes of the United States, and in order to define further the functions and duties of the Office of Production Management.

It is ordered that, subject to valid existing rights, the following-described public land be, and it is hereby, withdrawn from all forms of appropriation under the public-land laws

I hereby prescribe the following regulations for the administration of the within-grade salary advancement plan established by that section.

It is ordered that the designation of Peskan, Montana, as a customs port of entry be, and it is hereby, revoked.

It is hereby ordered as follows: Upon recommendation of the Secretary of the Treasury, the Civil Service Commission is authorized and directed to confer a classified civil service status upon any person employed aboard any vessel of the…

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and statutes of the United States, and in order to define further the functions and duties of the Office for Emergency Management of the Executive Office of the President with…

It is necessary for national defense purposes that there be constructed and completed a pipe line system for the transportation and distribution of petroleum and petroleum products moving in interstate commerce

No article or material, the exportation of which is prohibited or curtailed pursuant to the said section 6, shall be loaded or carried onto an exporting carrier for export by water or by air or presented to such an exporting carrier for…

Export licenses shall not be transferred except by written authorization of the Secretary of State.

That is the indestructible bond that is between us—between all of us Americans: interdependence of interests, privileges, opportunities, responsibilities—interdependence of rights.

We do not covet one square inch of the territory of any other Nation.

We know that a free labor system is the very foundation of a functioning democracy.

We are not a warlike people.

There has never been a moment in our history when Americans were not ready to stand up as free men and fight for their rights.

The task of defeating Hitler may be long and arduous.

I would rather have Moses [Smith] as a tenant than any man I have ever known.

They pray daily that America will save itself by helping greatly to defeat Hitlerism.

Interest on all postal-savings certificates shall be payable when the certificates are paid.

The provisions of this order shall apply to all outstanding deposit money orders issued by the Canal Zone Postal Service prior to August 13, 1940.

Postal-savings certificates issued by the Canal Zone Postal Service shall bear interest at the rate of one-half of one per centum for each period of three full calendar months from the date of issue.

The holding of such office shall not, in any manner interfere or conflict with the incumbent's performance of his regular duties as an officer or employee of the Federal Government.