More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginnings of all wars. Yes, an end to this brutal, inhuman and thoroughly impractical method of settling the differences between Governments. The once powerful malignant Nazi state is crumbling; the Japanese warlords are receiving in their homelands the retribution for which they asked when they attacked Pearl Harbor. But the mere conquest of our enemies is not enough; we must go on to do all in our power to conquer the doubts and the fears, the ignorance and the greed, which made this horror possible.
Franklin D. RooseveltArt is not a treasure in the past or an importation from another land, but part of the present life of all living and creating peoples.
Franklin D. RooseveltWe have faith that future generations will know here, in the middle of the twentieth century, there came a time when men of good will found a way to unite, and produce, and fight to destroy the forces of ignorance, and intolerance, and slavery, and war.
Franklin D. RooseveltPeace can endure only so long as humanity really insists upon it, and is willing to work for it and sacrifice for it.
Franklin D. Roosevelt