“In bitter despair, some people have come to believe that wars are inevitable. With tragic fatalism, they insist that wars have always been, of necessity, and of necessity wars always will be. To such defeatism, men and women of good will must not and can not yield. The outlook for humanity is not so…”Tagged: Despair, War, Defeatism, humanity
“In this shrinking world, it is futile to seek safety behind geographical barriers. Real security will be found only in law and in justice.”Tagged: Shrinking World, Law, Justice, Borders
“Here in America, we have labored long and hard to achieve a social order worthy of our great heritage. In our time, tremendous progress has been made toward a really democratic way of life. Let me assure the forward-looking people of America that there will be no relaxation in our efforts to improve…”Tagged: Social Justice, America, Progress, Common People
“It is not enough to yearn for peace. We must work, and if necessary, fight for it. The task of creating a sound international organization is complicated and difficult. Yet, without such organization, the rights of man on earth cannot be protected. Machinery for the just settlement of international…”Tagged: Peace, Fighting Spirit, Organization, Conflict, UN
“Today, the entire world is looking to America for enlightened leadership to peace and progress. Such a leadership requires vision, courage and tolerance. It can be provided only by a united nation deeply devoted to the highest ideals.”Tagged: America, Leadership, Progress, Tolerance, Vision
“So much blood has already been shed for the ideals which we cherish, and for which Franklin Delano Roosevelt lived and died, that we dare not permit even a momentary pause in the hard fight for victory.”Tagged: Bloodshed, World War II, FDR, victory
“For us to embrace the methods and morals of communism in order to defeat Communist aggression would be a moral disaster worse than any physical catastrophe. If that should come to pass, then the Constitution and the Declaration would be utterly dead and what we are doing today would be the gloomiest…”Tagged: Communism, Constitution, Declaration of Independence
“Invasion and conquest by Communist armies would be a horror beyond our capacity to imagine. But invasion and conquest by Communist ideas of right and wrong would be just as bad.”Tagged: Communism, Red Scare
“All freedom-loving nations, not the United States alone, are facing a stern challenge from the Communist tyranny. In the circumstances, alarm is justified. The man who isn't alarmed simply doesn't understand the situation — or he is crazy. But alarm is one thing, and hysteria is another. Hysteria…”Tagged: Freedom, First World, Second World, Communism, Iron Curtain
“Of course, there are dangers in religious freedom and freedom of opinion. But to deny these rights is worse than dangerous, it is absolutely fatal to liberty. The external threat to liberty should not drive us into suppressing liberty at home. Those who want the Government to regulate matters of the…”Tagged: Religious Freedom, Free Speech, Liberty, Government
“I've seen it happen time after time. When the Democratic candidate allows himself to be put on the defensive and starts apologizing for the New Deal and the fair Deal, and says he really doesn't believe in them, he is sure to lose. The people don't want a phony Democrat. If it's a choice between a…”Tagged: Republicans, Democrats, Phony, Genuine, Genuine Article
“One way of life is based upon the will of the majority, and is distinguished by free institutions, representative government, free elections, guarantees of individual liberty, freedom of speech and religion, and freedom from political oppression. The second way of life is based upon the will of a…”Tagged: Communism, Capitalism, Freedom, Repression, Minoritarianism
“I believe that it must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures. I believe that we must assist free peoples to work out their own destinies in their own way.”Tagged: US Intervention, Armed Insurrection, Freedom
“Had ten minutes conversation with Henry Morgenthau about Jewish ship in Palistine [sic]. Told him I would talk to Gen[eral] Marshall about it. He'd no business, whatever to call me. The Jews have no sense of proportion nor do they have any judgement on world affairs. Henry brought a thousand Jews to…”Tagged: Hitler, Stalin, Jews, Greeks, Estonians
“At the present moment in world history nearly every nation must choose between alternative ways of life. The choice is too often not a free one.”Tagged: world history, nation, Choice, Freedom
“No government is perfect. One of the chief virtues of a democracy, however, is that its defects are always visible and under democratic processes can be pointed out and corrected.”Tagged: Government, Perfect, Democracy
“I am not worried about the Communist Party taking over the Government of the United States, but I am against a person, whose loyalty is not to the Government of the United States, holding a Government job. They are entirely different things. I am not worried about this country ever going Communist.…”Tagged: Communist Party, Red Scare, McCarthyism
“Nowadays battles are just sort of a ‘You shoot up my town and I'll shoot up yours. They say that Americans don't play fair. They shoot 'em up all the time. I hope so because I want to finish this job as soon as possible and begin making an honest living again....Have fired 500 rounds at the Germans,…”Tagged: Battle Fatigue, World War I, Germans, Shellshocked
“We want no Gestapo or Secret Police. F.B.I. is tending in that direction. They are dabbling in sex life scandles [sic] and plain blackmail when they should be catching criminals. They also have a habit of sneering at local law enforcement officers.”Tagged: Gestapo, F.B.I., Secret Police, Sex Scandals