General de Gaulle was a thoroughly bad boy. The day he arrived, he thought he was Joan of Arc and the following day he insisted th...at he was Georges Clemenceau.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Those newspapers of the nation which most loudly cried dictatorship against me would have been the first to justify the beginnings... of dictatorship by somebody else.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I am particularly interested in the indications that the people seem to understand and approve the necessity of pursuing the cours...e that will prevent a further effort on the part of the German peoples to continue the struggle for world domination, even though they are thoroughly beaten in this war.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Now comes this Russian diversion. If it is more than just that it will mean the liberation of Europe from Nazi domination--and at ...the same time I do not think we need to worry about the possibility of any Russian domination.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
There is much to be said against the climate on the coast of British Columbia and Alaska; yet, I believe that the scenery of one g...ood day will compensate the tourists who will go there in increasing numbers.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
What worries me, especially, is that public opinion over here is patting itself on the back every morning and thanking God for the... Atlantic Ocean (and the Pacific Ocean). We greatly underestimate the serious implications to our own future.... Things move with such terrific speed these days, that it is really essential to us to think in broader terms and, in effect, to warn the American people that they, too, should think of possible ultimate results in Europe and the Far East.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
All the experts here ... say "There will be no war." They said the same thing all through July 1914.... In those days I believed t...he experts. Today I have my tongue in my cheek. This does not mean I am become cynical; but as President I have to be ready just like a Fire Department!LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Honestly, the real trouble is ... a gang which unfortunately survives--made up mostly of those who were isolationists before Decem...ber seventh and who are actuated today by various motives in their effort to instill disunity in the country.... The best comment I have heard was by Elmer Davis.... "Some people want the United States to win so long as England loses. Some people want the United States to win so long as Russia loses. Some people want the United States to win so long as Roosevelt loses."LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »