“…we must have friends who will work with us in peace as they have fought at our side in war. ”
This quotation comes from FDR’s last State of the Union address in 1945.
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Monthly Archives: August 2006
Cooperation of Friendly Nations
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
The Standard Of Success
Monday, August 28, 2006
“Recognition of the falsity of material wealth as the standard of success goes hand in hand with the abandonment of the false belief that public office and high political position are to be valued only by the standards of pride of place and personal profit;”
These remarks were made in FDR’s First Inaugural Address on March [...]
On Peace
Friday, August 25, 2006
“It is our traditional policy to live at peace with other nations.”
These remarks were made by Franklin D.Roosevelt in his State of the Union address to Congress in 1938.
Democracy Still Exists
Thursday, August 24, 2006
“Ours was the task to prove that democracy could be made to function in the world of today as effectively as in the simpler world of a hundred years ago. Ours was the task to do more than argue a theory. The times required confident answer of performance to those whose instinctive faith in humanity [...]
The Advantages of a Democracy
Tuesday, August 15, 2006
“We of the Republic sensed the truth that democratic government has innate capacity to protect its people against disasters once considered inevitable, to solve problems once considered unsolvable.”
These remarks were made in FDR’s Second Inaugural Address on January 20, 1937.
On Never Giving Up Hope
Monday, August 14, 2006
“When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.”
This was quoted by the Kansas City Star on June 5, 1977.
On The Lifespan of Nations
Thursday, August 10, 2006
“Lives of nations are determined not by the count of years, but by the lifetime of the human spirit. The life of a man is three-score years and ten: a little more, a little less. The life of a nation is the fullness of the measure of its will to live.”
Franklin Roosevelt’s Third Inaugural Address, [...]
The United States Involvement in Foreign Affairs
Tuesday, August 8, 2006
“We are united in determination that this war shall not be followed by another interim which leads to new disaster — that we shall not repeat the tragic errors of ostrich isolationism.”
These remarks were made in FDR’s State of the Union address on January 11, 1944.
On The Threat of War
Monday, August 7, 2006
“The people of the United States have already formed their opinions and well understand the implications to the very life and safety of our nation.”
“Hostilities exist. There is no blinking at the fact that our people, our territory and our interests are in grave danger.”
Roosevelt made these remarks shortly after the Japanese bombed Pearl [...]
Propaganda and Rumors
Friday, August 4, 2006
“The wedge that the Germans attempted to drive in western Europe was less dangerous in actual terms of winning the war than the wedges which they are continually attempting to drive between ourselves and our allies.
Every little rumor which is intended to weaken our faith in our allies is like an actual enemy agent [...]