This Conference at Bretton Woods, representing nearly all the peoples of the world, has considered matters of international money and finance which are important for peace and prosperity. The Conference
Since 1931 the use of force instead of the council table has constantly increased in the settlement of disputes between nations-except in the Western Hemisphere, where there has been only
Tonight my single duty is to speak to the whole of America. Until 4:30 this morning I had hoped against hope that some miracle would prevent a devastating war in
MR. VICE PRESIDENT, MR. SPEAKER AND MEMBERS OF THE CONGRESS: I hope that you will pardon me for the unusual posture of sitting down during the presentation of what I
Source: Franklin D. Roosevelt: “Fireside Chat,” December 29, 1940. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project, https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/209416. My friends: This is not a fireside chat
I want to talk for a few minutes with the people of the United States about banking–with the comparatively few who understand the mechanics of banking but more particularly with
Source: “Executive Order 8802,” in 100 Milestone Documents, an online library compiled by the “Our Documents” Initiative, a cooperative effort of the National Archives and Records Administration with National History
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, “Annual Message to Congress – State of the Union (speech file 1501),” in Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1944, FDR
Source: “The Atlantic Charter,” National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the Office of Government Reports, Record Group 44. https://goo.gl/TR6E3F. The President of the United States of America and the
Source: Samuel I. Rosenman and William D. Hassett, eds., The Public Papers and Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Volume One: The Genesis of the New Deal, 1928 -1932 (New York:
