The essential qualities of a true Pan Americanism must be the same as those which constitute a good neighbor; namely, mutual understanding, and through such understanding, a sympathetic appeciation of the other's point of view. It is only in this manner that we can hope to build up a system of which confidence, friendship, and good will are the cornerstones.
Franklin D. RooseveltThe fundamental idea...is that the country belongs to the people, that it is in process of making for the enrichment of the lives of all of us.
Franklin D. Roosevelt