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.
While democracy in the long run is the most stable form of government, in the short run, it is among the most fragile.
A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until a majority of voters discover that they can vote themselves largess out of the public treasury.
The public think the politicians don't know or care about their lives; and the politicians feel misunderstood.
What I have come to realize over the twenty years when I have worked in different roles as a legislator is that no legislation is as good as the enforcement of it.
Government is the assumption of authority over a given area and all within it, exercised generally for the double purpose of more complete oppression of its subjects and extension of its boundaries.
My fellow Americans, I am pleased to tell you I just signed legislation which outlaws Russia forever. The bombing begins in five minutes.
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