I am ... willing to make it clear that American foreign policy must uphold the sanctity of international treaties. That is the cornerstone on which all relations between nations must rest.
Franklin D. RooseveltWe have the men--the skill--the wealth--and above all, the will.... We must be the great arsenal of democracy.
Franklin D. RooseveltWhile things on the surface seem more quiet than at any time since last summer, I do not like the maintenance of what amounts to almost full mobilization in aggressor countries. Surely they cannot afford it and if they had any definite policy of trying to work out economic salvation (except by arms) they would be showing some signs of cutting military expenditures.
Franklin D. RooseveltWe, and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees.
Franklin D. RooseveltMore striking still, it appeared that, if the process of concentration goes on at the same rate, at the end of another century we shall have all American industry controlled by a dozen corporations and run by perhaps a hundred men. Put plainly, we are steering a steady course toward economic oligarchy, if we are not there already.
Franklin D. Roosevelt