The Secretary of War shall permit the managements of the said plants, facilities, installations and properties taken under the provisions of this order to continue with their managerial functions to the maximum degree possible consistent…

We have got to move, the way we did in the Philippines, to teach them self-government.

I like to think that mere association helps things along.

I wouldn't mind if we had a committee of the United Nations come here and make a report on us.

We probably can't hurt our own men by publishing these stories.

We recognize that our British and Dutch brothers-in-arms are as determined to throw the Japanese out of Malaya and the Dutch East Indies as we are determined to free the Philippines.

The well-being of our youth is indeed our foremost concern—their health and happiness our enduring responsibility.

How different it is in the lands of our enemies!

That weapon is morale—a people who know that they are fighting 'the good fight'.

The need for new legislation is evident if we are really sincere—and not merely rendering lip service to our soldiers and sailors.

They have left their homes and jobs and schools to meet and defeat the enemies who would destroy all our democratic institutions including our right to vote.

The American people are very much concerned over the fact that the vast majority of the eleven million members of the armed forces of the United States are going to be deprived of their right to vote in the important national election this…

I consider such proposed legislation a fraud on the soldiers and sailors and marines now training and fighting for us and for our sacred rights.

Leave shall be credited in units of hours on the basis of the established work day.

We have come to a clear realization of the fact that true individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence.

The dangerous folly of that point of view can be measured by the distance that separates our troops from their ultimate objectives in Berlin and Tokyo—and by the sum of all the perils that lie along the way.

There is only one front.

The time to impose high taxes is now when incomes are high and goods are scarce.