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Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1936, Volume 5

Book by Franklin D. Roosevelt · 3 quotes · Government, Men, War

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Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1936, Volume 5 Quotes

“We are not isolationists except in so far as we seek to isolate ourselves completely from war. Yet we must remember that so long as war exists on earth there will be some danger that even the Nation which most ardently desires peace may be drawn into war.”

“On both sides of the line, we are so accustomed to an undefended boundary three thousand miles long that we are inclined perhaps to minimize its vast importance, not only to our own continuing relations but also to the example which it sets to the other nations of the world.”