Franklin D. Roosevelt

I am appealing to the people of America tonight to help in carrying out a task that is important to them and to their government.  It is a part, but an essential part, of the greater task of finding...

The Navy Department of the United States has reported to me that on the morning of September fourth the United States destroyer GREER, proceeding in full daylight towards Iceland, had reached a point...

My fellow Americans: Washington's Birthday is a most appropriate occasion for us to talk with each other about things as they are today and things as we know they shall be in the future.  For eight...

I am speaking tonight from the White House in the presence of the Governing Board of the Pan American Union, the Canadian Minister, and their families. The members of this Board are the Ambassadors...

At this moment of sadness throughout most of the world, I want to talk with you about a number of subjects that directly affect the future of the United States. We are shocked by the almost incredible...

My friends:  This is not a fireside chat on war. It is a talk on national security, because the nub of the whole purpose of your President is to keep you now, and your children later, and your...

My fellow Americans and my friends:  Tonight my single duty is to speak to the whole of America.  Until four-thirty this morning I had hoped against hope that some miracle would prevent a devastating...

I think the American public and the American newspapers are certainly creatures of habit. This is one of the warmest evenings that I have ever felt in Washington, D. C., and yet this talk tonight will...

This afternoon I have issued a Proclamation calling a special session of the Congress to convene on Monday, November 15, 1937.  I do this in order to give to the Congress an opportunity to consider...

Five months have gone by since I last spoke to the people of the Nation about the state of the Nation.  I had hoped to be able to defer this talk until next week because, as we all know, this is Holy...