Yesterday, December seventh, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.

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It is the duty of the President to propose and it is the privilege of...

It is the duty of the President to propose and it is the privilege of...

The point in history at which we stand is full of promise and danger. The...

The point in history at which we stand is full of promise and danger. The...

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us....

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us....

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself -- nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror...

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself -- nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror...

The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of...

The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of...

More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginning of all...

More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginning of all...

I hope that your committee will not permit doubt as to constitutionality, however reasonable, to...

I hope that your committee will not permit doubt as to constitutionality, however reasonable, to...

Freedom of speech is of no use to a man who has nothing to say...

Freedom of speech is of no use to a man who has nothing to say...

More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginnings of all...

More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginnings of all...

More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginning of all...

More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginning of all...

Too often in recent history liberal governments have been wrecked on rocks of loose fiscal...

Too often in recent history liberal governments have been wrecked on rocks of loose fiscal...

I believe that in every country the people themselves are more peaceably and liberally inclined...

I believe that in every country the people themselves are more peaceably and liberally inclined...

They (who) seek to establish systems of government based on the regimentation of all human...

They (who) seek to establish systems of government based on the regimentation of all human...

I do not believe in Communism any more than you do but there is nothing...

I do not believe in Communism any more than you do but there is nothing...

We are trying to construct a more inclusive society. We are going to make a...

We are trying to construct a more inclusive society. We are going to make a...

To stand upon ramparts and die for our principles is heroic, but to sally forth...

To stand upon ramparts and die for our principles is heroic, but to sally forth...

Presidents do make mistakes, but the immortal Dante tells us that divine justice weighs the...

Presidents do make mistakes, but the immortal Dante tells us that divine justice weighs the...

Selfishness is the only real atheism; aspiration, unselfishness, the only real religion.

Selfishness is the only real atheism; aspiration, unselfishness, the only real religion.

Well, I know they've always told you.. Selfishness was wrong.. Yet it was for me,...

Well, I know they've always told you.. Selfishness was wrong.. Yet it was for me,...

If you're working to make the playing field fair and level, you're working for the...

If you're working to make the playing field fair and level, you're working for the...