We can see now that we Americans were caught unprepared, because we were ordinary human beings, following the best advice we had at the time. No one would have guessed in 1941 that we would be attacked in such an unsportsmanlike manner as we were. No one could have visualized Pearl Harbor, either out there or in Washington. But if we had known then what we know now, we would have expected an attack in 1941.
Franklin D. RooseveltAre you laboring under the impression that I read these memoranda of yours? I can't even lift them.
Franklin D. RooseveltAgainst naked force the only possible defense is naked force. The aggressor makes the rules for such a war; the defenders have no alternative but matching destruction with more destruction, slaughter with greater slaughter.
Franklin D. RooseveltThe future lies with those wise political leaders who realize that the great public is interested more in government than in politics.
Franklin D. Roosevelt