We must be the great arsenal of Democracy.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes the importance of providing support and resources to defend democratic values.
Franklin D. Roosevelt's quote highlights the responsibility of a nation to serve as a strong supporter of democracy, particularly during times of crisis or war. He envisioned America as a vital source of support for allies fighting to maintain freedom and democratic principles, signifying a commitment to collective security and mutual aid among nations.
In practice
A political speech emphasizing the need for unity in defending democratic values.
There has been one persistent theme through all Axis propaganda. This theme has been that Americans are admittedly rich, that Americans have considerable industrial power - but that Americans are soft and decadent, that they cannot and will not unite and work and fight. ... Let them tell that to the Marines!
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
A war of ideas can no more be won without books than a naval war can be won without ships. Books, like ships, have the toughest armor, the longest cruising range, and mount the most powerful guns.
Better the occasional faults of a government that lives in a spirit of charity than the consistent omissions of a government frozen in the ice of its own indifference.
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
A world turned into a stereotype, a society converted into a regiment, a life translated into a routine, make it difficult for either art or artists to survive. Crush individuality in society and you crush art as well. Nourish the conditions of a free life and you nourish the arts, too.
No measure can be more desirable, whether viewed with an eye to its intrinsic importance, or to the general sentiment and wish of the Nation than to establish a systematic and effectual arrangement for the regular redemption and discharge of the public debt.
The statesman who yields to war fever must realise that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events.
...the first step in the revolution by the working class, is to raise the proletariat to the position of ruling class, to win the battle for democracy.
It would seem that the Watergate story from beginning to end could be used as a primer on the American political system.
There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses.
Nothing could be more dangerous to the existence of this Republic than to introduce religion into politics
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