Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Address to Congress on Yalta

FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT I hope that you will pardon me for this unusual posture of sitting down…

Fourth Inaugural Address

FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT MR. Chief Justice, Mr. Vice President, my friends, you will understand and, I believe,…

Pearl Harbor Address to the Nation

FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT Mr. Vice President, Mr. Speaker, Members of the Senate, and of the House of…

On U.S. Involvement in the War in Europe

FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT President Reynolds, my friends, this dinner of the White House Correspondents is unique. It…

Third Inaugural Address

FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT ON each national day of inauguration since 1789, the people have renewed their sense…

The Four Freedoms

FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT Mr. President, Mr. Speaker, members of the 77th Congress: I address you, the members of…

The Great Arsenal of Democracy

FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT My friends: This is not a fireside chat on war. It is a talk on…

Quarantine the Aggressor

FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT I am glad to come once again to Chicago and especially to have the…

A Fair Day’s Pay for a Fair Day’s Work

FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT The time has arrived for us to take further action to extend the frontiers…

Second Inaugural Adress

FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT WHEN four years ago we met to inaugurate a President, the Republic, single-minded in…