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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, SOURCE_URL: http://uvamiller.prod.acquia-sites.com/the-presidency/presidential-speeches/july-8-1938-dedication-memorial-northwest-territory SOURCE_TYPE: miller_speech TITLE: July 8 1938 Dedication Memorial Northwest Territory CHECKSUM_RAW: 61791027b87ea027607bbdad9b1bfa3df50a73ff4f6aa604571743ed4ead5a85 CONTENT_TYPE: text/html -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ### About this speech Franklin D. Roosevelt July 08, 1938 Source National Archives President Franklin Roosevelt celebrates the 150 year anniversary of Marietta’s establishment, “the first civil government west of the original thirteen colonies.” The President honors the legacy of the frontiersmen and their reliance on the government for help and promises the same assistance to Americans’ new frontier “of social and economic problems.” | Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidency ## July 8, 1938: Dedication of a Memorial to the Northwest Territory Rewind 10 seconds Play/Pause Fast-forward 10 seconds 0:00 \") Download media * View Transcript ### Transcript Governor Davey, Senator Bulkley, Chairman White and You the People of the Northwest Territory: Long before 1788 there were white men here, \"spying out this land of Canaan.",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, SOURCE_URL: http://uvamiller.prod.acquia-sites.com/the-presidency/presidential-speeches/july-8-1938-dedication-memorial-northwest-territory SOURCE_TYPE: miller_speech TITLE: July 8 1938 Dedication Memorial Northwest Territory CHECKSUM_RAW: 61791027b87ea027607bbdad9b1bfa3df50a73ff4f6aa604571743ed4ead5a85 CONTENT_TYPE: text/html -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ### About this speech Franklin D. Roosevelt July 08, 1938 Source National Archives President Franklin Roosevelt celebrates the 150 year anniversary of Marietta’s establishment, “the first civil government west of the original thirteen colonies.” The President honors the legacy of the frontiersmen and their reliance on the government for help and promises the same assistance to Americans’ new frontier “of social and economic problems.” | Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidency ## July 8, 1938: Dedication of a Memorial to the Northwest Territory Rewind 10 seconds Play/Pause Fast-forward 10 seconds 0:00 \") Download media * View Transcript ### Transcript Governor Davey, Senator Bulkley, Chairman White and You the People of the Northwest Territory: Long before 1788 there were white men here, \"spying out this land of Canaan.",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, SOURCE_URL: http://uvamiller.prod.acquia-sites.com/the-presidency/presidential-speeches/july-8-1938-dedication-memorial-northwest-territory SOURCE_TYPE: miller_speech TITLE: July 8 1938 Dedication Memorial Northwest Territory CHECKSUM_RAW: 61791027b87ea027607bbdad9b1bfa3df50a73ff4f6aa604571743ed4ead5a85 CONTENT_TYPE: text/html -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ### About this speech Franklin D. Roosevelt July 08, 1938 Source National Archives President Franklin Roosevelt celebrates the 150 year anniversary of Marietta’s establishment, “the first civil government west of the original thirteen colonies.” The President honors the legacy of the frontiersmen and their reliance on the government for help and promises the same assistance to Americans’ new frontier “of social and economic problems.” | Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidency ## July 8, 1938: Dedication of a Memorial to the Northwest Territory Rewind 10 seconds Play/Pause Fast-forward 10 seconds 0:00 \") Download media * View Transcript ### Transcript Governor Davey, Senator Bulkley, Chairman White and You the People of the Northwest Territory: Long before 1788 there were white men here, \"spying out this land of Canaan.",
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"content": "How can leaders maintain hope when things look dark?",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, Bulkley, Chairman White and You the People of the Northwest Territory: Long before 1788 there were white men here, \"spying out this land of Canaan.\" An intrepid outpost breed they were—the scouts and the skirmishers of the great American migration. The sight of smoke from neighbors' chimneys might have worried them. But Indians and redcoats did not. Long before 1788, at Kaskaskia and Vincennes, with scant help from the Seaboard, they had held their beloved wilderness for themselves—and for us—with their own bare hands and their own long rifles. But their symbol is Vincennes, not Marietta. Here, with all honor to the scouts and the skirmishers, we celebrate the coming of a different type of men and women—the first battalions of that organized army of occupation which transplanted from over the Alleghenies whole little civilizations that took root and grew.",
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"content": "What would you tell someone facing leadership challenges?",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, Bulkley, Chairman White and You the People of the Northwest Territory: Long before 1788 there were white men here, \"spying out this land of Canaan.\" An intrepid outpost breed they were—the scouts and the skirmishers of the great American migration. The sight of smoke from neighbors' chimneys might have worried them. But Indians and redcoats did not. Long before 1788, at Kaskaskia and Vincennes, with scant help from the Seaboard, they had held their beloved wilderness for themselves—and for us—with their own bare hands and their own long rifles. But their symbol is Vincennes, not Marietta. Here, with all honor to the scouts and the skirmishers, we celebrate the coming of a different type of men and women—the first battalions of that organized army of occupation which transplanted from over the Alleghenies whole little civilizations that took root and grew.",
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"content": "How should leaders communicate during difficult periods?",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, Bulkley, Chairman White and You the People of the Northwest Territory: Long before 1788 there were white men here, \"spying out this land of Canaan.\" An intrepid outpost breed they were—the scouts and the skirmishers of the great American migration. The sight of smoke from neighbors' chimneys might have worried them. But Indians and redcoats did not. Long before 1788, at Kaskaskia and Vincennes, with scant help from the Seaboard, they had held their beloved wilderness for themselves—and for us—with their own bare hands and their own long rifles. But their symbol is Vincennes, not Marietta. Here, with all honor to the scouts and the skirmishers, we celebrate the coming of a different type of men and women—the first battalions of that organized army of occupation which transplanted from over the Alleghenies whole little civilizations that took root and grew.",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, men and women—the first battalions of that organized army of occupation which transplanted from over the Alleghenies whole little civilizations that took root and grew. They were giving expression to a genius for organized colonization, carefully planned and ordered under law. The men who came here before 1788 came as Leif Ericson's men to Vineland, in a spirit all of adventure. But the men and women of the Ohio Company who came to Marietta came rather like the men and women of the Massachusetts Bay Company to Boston, an organized society, unafraid to meet temporary adventure, but serious in seeking permanent security for men and women and children and homes. Many of them were destined to push on; but most came intending to stay. Such people may not be the first to conquer the earth, but they will always be the last to possess it.",
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"content": "What leadership advice would you give based on your experience?",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, men and women—the first battalions of that organized army of occupation which transplanted from over the Alleghenies whole little civilizations that took root and grew. They were giving expression to a genius for organized colonization, carefully planned and ordered under law. The men who came here before 1788 came as Leif Ericson's men to Vineland, in a spirit all of adventure. But the men and women of the Ohio Company who came to Marietta came rather like the men and women of the Massachusetts Bay Company to Boston, an organized society, unafraid to meet temporary adventure, but serious in seeking permanent security for men and women and children and homes. Many of them were destined to push on; but most came intending to stay. Such people may not be the first to conquer the earth, but they will always be the last to possess it.",
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"content": "How should leaders handle difficult situations?",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, men and women—the first battalions of that organized army of occupation which transplanted from over the Alleghenies whole little civilizations that took root and grew. They were giving expression to a genius for organized colonization, carefully planned and ordered under law. The men who came here before 1788 came as Leif Ericson's men to Vineland, in a spirit all of adventure. But the men and women of the Ohio Company who came to Marietta came rather like the men and women of the Massachusetts Bay Company to Boston, an organized society, unafraid to meet temporary adventure, but serious in seeking permanent security for men and women and children and homes. Many of them were destined to push on; but most came intending to stay. Such people may not be the first to conquer the earth, but they will always be the last to possess it.",
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"content": "What leadership advice would you give based on your experience?",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, came intending to stay. Such people may not be the first to conquer the earth, but they will always be the last to possess it. Right behind the men and women who established Marietta one hundred and fifty years ago moved that instrument of law and order and cooperation-government. A representative of the national government entered Marietta to administer the Northwest Territory under the famous Northwest Ordinance. And what we are celebrating today is this establishment of the first civil government west of the original thirteen states. Three provisions of the Northwest Ordinance I always like to remember. It provided that \"no person demeaning himself in a peaceable and orderly manner shall ever be molested on account of his mode of worship or for religious sentiment in the said territory.",
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"content": "What principles guided your leadership decisions?",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, came intending to stay. Such people may not be the first to conquer the earth, but they will always be the last to possess it. Right behind the men and women who established Marietta one hundred and fifty years ago moved that instrument of law and order and cooperation-government. A representative of the national government entered Marietta to administer the Northwest Territory under the famous Northwest Ordinance. And what we are celebrating today is this establishment of the first civil government west of the original thirteen states. Three provisions of the Northwest Ordinance I always like to remember. It provided that \"no person demeaning himself in a peaceable and orderly manner shall ever be molested on account of his mode of worship or for religious sentiment in the said territory.",
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"content": "What advice would you give to emerging leaders?",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, came intending to stay. Such people may not be the first to conquer the earth, but they will always be the last to possess it. Right behind the men and women who established Marietta one hundred and fifty years ago moved that instrument of law and order and cooperation-government. A representative of the national government entered Marietta to administer the Northwest Territory under the famous Northwest Ordinance. And what we are celebrating today is this establishment of the first civil government west of the original thirteen states. Three provisions of the Northwest Ordinance I always like to remember. It provided that \"no person demeaning himself in a peaceable and orderly manner shall ever be molested on account of his mode of worship or for religious sentiment in the said territory.",
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"content": "What advice would you give to emerging leaders?",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, in a peaceable and orderly manner shall ever be molested on account of his mode of worship or for religious sentiment in the said territory.\" It provided that \"religion, morality and knowledge being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and means of education shall forever be encouraged.\" And it provided for the perpetual prohibition of slavery in the Territory. Free, educated, God-fearing men and women—that is what the thirteen states hoped the new West would exemplify. It has well fulfilled that hope. Every generation meets substantially the same problems under its own different set of circumstances. Anyone speculating on our great migration westward is struck with the human parallel between the driving force behind that migration and the driving force behind the great social exploration we are carrying on today.",
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"content": "What principles guided your leadership decisions?",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, in a peaceable and orderly manner shall ever be molested on account of his mode of worship or for religious sentiment in the said territory.\" It provided that \"religion, morality and knowledge being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and means of education shall forever be encouraged.\" And it provided for the perpetual prohibition of slavery in the Territory. Free, educated, God-fearing men and women—that is what the thirteen states hoped the new West would exemplify. It has well fulfilled that hope. Every generation meets substantially the same problems under its own different set of circumstances. Anyone speculating on our great migration westward is struck with the human parallel between the driving force behind that migration and the driving force behind the great social exploration we are carrying on today.",
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"content": "How can leaders inspire confidence during uncertain times?",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, in a peaceable and orderly manner shall ever be molested on account of his mode of worship or for religious sentiment in the said territory.\" It provided that \"religion, morality and knowledge being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and means of education shall forever be encouraged.\" And it provided for the perpetual prohibition of slavery in the Territory. Free, educated, God-fearing men and women—that is what the thirteen states hoped the new West would exemplify. It has well fulfilled that hope. Every generation meets substantially the same problems under its own different set of circumstances. Anyone speculating on our great migration westward is struck with the human parallel between the driving force behind that migration and the driving force behind the great social exploration we are carrying on today.",
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"content": "What advice would you give to emerging leaders?",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, with the human parallel between the driving force behind that migration and the driving force behind the great social exploration we are carrying on today. Most of the people who went out to Ohio in 1788 and who followed wave on wave for another hundred years went to improve their economic lot. In other words, they were following the same yearning for security which is driving us forward today. At the end of the wagon ruts there was something worth the physical risks. The standard of life in a log cabin amid fields still blackened with half-burned stumps was not high, but it was certain.",
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"content": "How should leaders handle difficult situations?",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, with the human parallel between the driving force behind that migration and the driving force behind the great social exploration we are carrying on today. Most of the people who went out to Ohio in 1788 and who followed wave on wave for another hundred years went to improve their economic lot. In other words, they were following the same yearning for security which is driving us forward today. At the end of the wagon ruts there was something worth the physical risks. The standard of life in a log cabin amid fields still blackened with half-burned stumps was not high, but it was certain.",
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"content": "How should leaders communicate during difficult periods?",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, with the human parallel between the driving force behind that migration and the driving force behind the great social exploration we are carrying on today. Most of the people who went out to Ohio in 1788 and who followed wave on wave for another hundred years went to improve their economic lot. In other words, they were following the same yearning for security which is driving us forward today. At the end of the wagon ruts there was something worth the physical risks. The standard of life in a log cabin amid fields still blackened with half-burned stumps was not high, but it was certain.",
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"content": "What would you tell someone facing leadership challenges?",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, the physical risks. The standard of life in a log cabin amid fields still blackened with half-burned stumps was not high, but it was certain. A family, or at most a township, could be a whole self-sufficing economic system—plenty of food to eat if a man would but reach out and shoot or cultivate it; plenty of warm clothes if the women of the family were willing to spin; always a tight roof over the family's head if the little community would respond to the call for a roof-raising. Whatever he used was a man's own; he had the solid joy of possession—of owning his home and his means of livelihood. And if things did not pan out there was always an infinite self-sufficiency beckoning further westward—to new land, new game, new opportunity.",
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"content": "How can leaders maintain hope when things look dark?",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, the physical risks. The standard of life in a log cabin amid fields still blackened with half-burned stumps was not high, but it was certain. A family, or at most a township, could be a whole self-sufficing economic system—plenty of food to eat if a man would but reach out and shoot or cultivate it; plenty of warm clothes if the women of the family were willing to spin; always a tight roof over the family's head if the little community would respond to the call for a roof-raising. Whatever he used was a man's own; he had the solid joy of possession—of owning his home and his means of livelihood. And if things did not pan out there was always an infinite self-sufficiency beckoning further westward—to new land, new game, new opportunity.",
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"content": "How should leaders approach complex problems?",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, the physical risks. The standard of life in a log cabin amid fields still blackened with half-burned stumps was not high, but it was certain. A family, or at most a township, could be a whole self-sufficing economic system—plenty of food to eat if a man would but reach out and shoot or cultivate it; plenty of warm clothes if the women of the family were willing to spin; always a tight roof over the family's head if the little community would respond to the call for a roof-raising. Whatever he used was a man's own; he had the solid joy of possession—of owning his home and his means of livelihood. And if things did not pan out there was always an infinite self-sufficiency beckoning further westward—to new land, new game, new opportunity.",
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"content": "How should leaders approach complex problems?",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, means of livelihood. And if things did not pan out there was always an infinite self-sufficiency beckoning further westward—to new land, new game, new opportunity. Under such conditions there was so much to get done which men could not get done alone, that the frontiersmen naturally reached out to government as their greatest single instrument of cooperative self-help with the aid of which they could get things done. To them the use of government was but another form of the cooperation of good neighbors. Government was an indispensable instrument of their daily lives, of the security of their women and their children and their homes and their opportunities. They looked on government not as a thing apart—as a power over our people. They regarded it as a power of the people, as a democratic expression of organized self-help like a frontier husking bee.",
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"content": "How can leaders maintain hope when things look dark?",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, means of livelihood. And if things did not pan out there was always an infinite self-sufficiency beckoning further westward—to new land, new game, new opportunity. Under such conditions there was so much to get done which men could not get done alone, that the frontiersmen naturally reached out to government as their greatest single instrument of cooperative self-help with the aid of which they could get things done. To them the use of government was but another form of the cooperation of good neighbors. Government was an indispensable instrument of their daily lives, of the security of their women and their children and their homes and their opportunities. They looked on government not as a thing apart—as a power over our people. They regarded it as a power of the people, as a democratic expression of organized self-help like a frontier husking bee.",
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"content": "What leadership advice would you give based on your experience?",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, means of livelihood. And if things did not pan out there was always an infinite self-sufficiency beckoning further westward—to new land, new game, new opportunity. Under such conditions there was so much to get done which men could not get done alone, that the frontiersmen naturally reached out to government as their greatest single instrument of cooperative self-help with the aid of which they could get things done. To them the use of government was but another form of the cooperation of good neighbors. Government was an indispensable instrument of their daily lives, of the security of their women and their children and their homes and their opportunities. They looked on government not as a thing apart—as a power over our people. They regarded it as a power of the people, as a democratic expression of organized self-help like a frontier husking bee.",
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"content": "What principles guided your leadership decisions?",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, power over our people. They regarded it as a power of the people, as a democratic expression of organized self-help like a frontier husking bee. There were worried legalists back in the seaboard towns who were sure it was unconstitutional for the Federal Government to help to put roads and railroads and canals through these new territories—who were sure that the nation would never get back the money it was plowing into development of the natural and human resources of the Northwest. But Abraham Lincoln, who incarnated the spirit of the people who were actually living in the Northwest Territory, summed up their attitude when he said: \"The legitimate object of government is to do for a community of people whatever they need to have done, but cannot do at all, or cannot do so well, for themselves, in their separate and individual capacities.",
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"content": "What lessons did you learn about leading during crisis?",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, power over our people. They regarded it as a power of the people, as a democratic expression of organized self-help like a frontier husking bee. There were worried legalists back in the seaboard towns who were sure it was unconstitutional for the Federal Government to help to put roads and railroads and canals through these new territories—who were sure that the nation would never get back the money it was plowing into development of the natural and human resources of the Northwest. But Abraham Lincoln, who incarnated the spirit of the people who were actually living in the Northwest Territory, summed up their attitude when he said: \"The legitimate object of government is to do for a community of people whatever they need to have done, but cannot do at all, or cannot do so well, for themselves, in their separate and individual capacities.",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, power over our people. They regarded it as a power of the people, as a democratic expression of organized self-help like a frontier husking bee. There were worried legalists back in the seaboard towns who were sure it was unconstitutional for the Federal Government to help to put roads and railroads and canals through these new territories—who were sure that the nation would never get back the money it was plowing into development of the natural and human resources of the Northwest. But Abraham Lincoln, who incarnated the spirit of the people who were actually living in the Northwest Territory, summed up their attitude when he said: \"The legitimate object of government is to do for a community of people whatever they need to have done, but cannot do at all, or cannot do so well, for themselves, in their separate and individual capacities.",
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"content": "What would you tell someone facing leadership challenges?",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, people whatever they need to have done, but cannot do at all, or cannot do so well, for themselves, in their separate and individual capacities.\" Today, under new conditions, a whole nation, the critical thirteen states and all the West and South that has grown out of them, is on a mental migration, dissatisfied with old conditions, seeking like the little band that came to Marietta to create new conditions of security. And again the people see an ally in their own government. Many a man does not own his cabin any more; his possessions are a bank deposit. Scarcely any man can call his neighbors to raise his roof any more—he pays a contractor cash and has to have mortgage financing to find the cash. And if that financing is of the wrong kind or goes bad, he may need help to save his home from foreclosure.",
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"content": "How should leaders approach complex problems?",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, people whatever they need to have done, but cannot do at all, or cannot do so well, for themselves, in their separate and individual capacities.\" Today, under new conditions, a whole nation, the critical thirteen states and all the West and South that has grown out of them, is on a mental migration, dissatisfied with old conditions, seeking like the little band that came to Marietta to create new conditions of security. And again the people see an ally in their own government. Many a man does not own his cabin any more; his possessions are a bank deposit. Scarcely any man can call his neighbors to raise his roof any more—he pays a contractor cash and has to have mortgage financing to find the cash. And if that financing is of the wrong kind or goes bad, he may need help to save his home from foreclosure.",
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"content": "What advice would you give to emerging leaders?",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, people whatever they need to have done, but cannot do at all, or cannot do so well, for themselves, in their separate and individual capacities.\" Today, under new conditions, a whole nation, the critical thirteen states and all the West and South that has grown out of them, is on a mental migration, dissatisfied with old conditions, seeking like the little band that came to Marietta to create new conditions of security. And again the people see an ally in their own government. Many a man does not own his cabin any more; his possessions are a bank deposit. Scarcely any man can call his neighbors to raise his roof any more—he pays a contractor cash and has to have mortgage financing to find the cash. And if that financing is of the wrong kind or goes bad, he may need help to save his home from foreclosure.",
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"content": "What principles guided your leadership decisions?",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, find the cash. And if that financing is of the wrong kind or goes bad, he may need help to save his home from foreclosure. Once old age was safe because there was always something useful which men and women, no matter how old, could do to earn an honorable maintenance. That time is gone; and some new kind of organized old-age insurance has to be provided. In these perplexities the individual turns, as he has always turned, to the collective security of the willingness of his fellows to cooperate through the use of government to help him and each other. The spirit of the frontier husking bee is found today in carefully-drafted statutes—statutes insuring bank deposits; statutes providing mortgage money for homes through F.H.A.; statutes providing help through H.O.L.C. for those in danger of foreclosure.",
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"content": "How should leaders handle difficult situations?",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, find the cash. And if that financing is of the wrong kind or goes bad, he may need help to save his home from foreclosure. Once old age was safe because there was always something useful which men and women, no matter how old, could do to earn an honorable maintenance. That time is gone; and some new kind of organized old-age insurance has to be provided. In these perplexities the individual turns, as he has always turned, to the collective security of the willingness of his fellows to cooperate through the use of government to help him and each other. The spirit of the frontier husking bee is found today in carefully-drafted statutes—statutes insuring bank deposits; statutes providing mortgage money for homes through F.H.A.; statutes providing help through H.O.L.C. for those in danger of foreclosure.",
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"content": "What advice would you give to emerging leaders?",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, find the cash. And if that financing is of the wrong kind or goes bad, he may need help to save his home from foreclosure. Once old age was safe because there was always something useful which men and women, no matter how old, could do to earn an honorable maintenance. That time is gone; and some new kind of organized old-age insurance has to be provided. In these perplexities the individual turns, as he has always turned, to the collective security of the willingness of his fellows to cooperate through the use of government to help him and each other. The spirit of the frontier husking bee is found today in carefully-drafted statutes—statutes insuring bank deposits; statutes providing mortgage money for homes through F.H.A.; statutes providing help through H.O.L.C. for those in danger of foreclosure.",
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"content": "What would you tell someone facing leadership challenges?",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, in carefully-drafted statutes—statutes insuring bank deposits; statutes providing mortgage money for homes through F.H.A.; statutes providing help through H.O.L.C. for those in danger of foreclosure. The cavalry captain who protected the log cabins of the Northwest is now supplanted by legislators, like Senator Bulkley, toiling over the drafting of such statutes and over the efficiency of government machinery to administer them so that such protection and help of government can be extended to the full. On a thousand fronts, government—state and municipal as well as federal—is playing the same role of the insurer of security for the average man, woman and child that the Army detachments played in the early days of the old Northwest Territory.",
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"content": "How should leaders communicate during difficult periods?",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, in carefully-drafted statutes—statutes insuring bank deposits; statutes providing mortgage money for homes through F.H.A.; statutes providing help through H.O.L.C. for those in danger of foreclosure. The cavalry captain who protected the log cabins of the Northwest is now supplanted by legislators, like Senator Bulkley, toiling over the drafting of such statutes and over the efficiency of government machinery to administer them so that such protection and help of government can be extended to the full. On a thousand fronts, government—state and municipal as well as federal—is playing the same role of the insurer of security for the average man, woman and child that the Army detachments played in the early days of the old Northwest Territory.",
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"content": "What advice would you give to emerging leaders?",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, in carefully-drafted statutes—statutes insuring bank deposits; statutes providing mortgage money for homes through F.H.A.; statutes providing help through H.O.L.C. for those in danger of foreclosure. The cavalry captain who protected the log cabins of the Northwest is now supplanted by legislators, like Senator Bulkley, toiling over the drafting of such statutes and over the efficiency of government machinery to administer them so that such protection and help of government can be extended to the full. On a thousand fronts, government—state and municipal as well as federal—is playing the same role of the insurer of security for the average man, woman and child that the Army detachments played in the early days of the old Northwest Territory.",
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"content": "How should leaders communicate during difficult periods?",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, the insurer of security for the average man, woman and child that the Army detachments played in the early days of the old Northwest Territory. When you think it through, at the bottom most of the great protective statutes of today are in essence mutual insurance companies, and our recent legislation is not a departure from but a return to the healthy practices of mutual self-help of the early settlers of the Northwest. Let us not be afraid to help each other—let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and Senators and Congressmen and Government officials but the voters of this country.",
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"content": "What leadership advice would you give based on your experience?",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, the insurer of security for the average man, woman and child that the Army detachments played in the early days of the old Northwest Territory. When you think it through, at the bottom most of the great protective statutes of today are in essence mutual insurance companies, and our recent legislation is not a departure from but a return to the healthy practices of mutual self-help of the early settlers of the Northwest. Let us not be afraid to help each other—let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and Senators and Congressmen and Government officials but the voters of this country.",
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"content": "How can leaders inspire confidence during uncertain times?",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, the insurer of security for the average man, woman and child that the Army detachments played in the early days of the old Northwest Territory. When you think it through, at the bottom most of the great protective statutes of today are in essence mutual insurance companies, and our recent legislation is not a departure from but a return to the healthy practices of mutual self-help of the early settlers of the Northwest. Let us not be afraid to help each other—let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and Senators and Congressmen and Government officials but the voters of this country.",
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"content": "What principles guided your leadership decisions?",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and Senators and Congressmen and Government officials but the voters of this country. I believe that the American people, not afraid of their own capacity to choose forward-looking representatives to run their government, want the same cooperative security and have the same courage to achieve it, in 1938, as in 1788. I am sure they know that we shall always have a frontier—of social and economic problems—and that we must always move in to bring law and order to it. In that confidence I am pushing on. I am sure that the people of the Nation will push on with me. View Transcript Previous Next ### More Franklin D.",
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"content": "What lessons did you learn about leading during crisis?",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and Senators and Congressmen and Government officials but the voters of this country. I believe that the American people, not afraid of their own capacity to choose forward-looking representatives to run their government, want the same cooperative security and have the same courage to achieve it, in 1938, as in 1788. I am sure they know that we shall always have a frontier—of social and economic problems—and that we must always move in to bring law and order to it. In that confidence I am pushing on. I am sure that the people of the Nation will push on with me. View Transcript Previous Next ### More Franklin D.",
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"content": "What would you tell someone facing leadership challenges?",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and Senators and Congressmen and Government officials but the voters of this country. I believe that the American people, not afraid of their own capacity to choose forward-looking representatives to run their government, want the same cooperative security and have the same courage to achieve it, in 1938, as in 1788. I am sure they know that we shall always have a frontier—of social and economic problems—and that we must always move in to bring law and order to it. In that confidence I am pushing on. I am sure that the people of the Nation will push on with me. View Transcript Previous Next ### More Franklin D.",
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"content": "How should leaders handle difficult situations?",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, am pushing on. I am sure that the people of the Nation will push on with me. View Transcript Previous Next ### More Franklin D. Roosevelt speeches audio icon transcript icon audio icon transcript icon audio icon transcript icon audio icon transcript icon audio icon transcript icon audio icon transcript icon audio icon transcript icon audio icon transcript icon audio icon transcript icon audio icon transcript icon",
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"content": "How should leaders communicate during difficult periods?",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, am pushing on. I am sure that the people of the Nation will push on with me. View Transcript Previous Next ### More Franklin D. Roosevelt speeches audio icon transcript icon audio icon transcript icon audio icon transcript icon audio icon transcript icon audio icon transcript icon audio icon transcript icon audio icon transcript icon audio icon transcript icon audio icon transcript icon audio icon transcript icon",
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"content": "What principles guided your leadership decisions?",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, am pushing on. I am sure that the people of the Nation will push on with me. View Transcript Previous Next ### More Franklin D. Roosevelt speeches audio icon transcript icon audio icon transcript icon audio icon transcript icon audio icon transcript icon audio icon transcript icon audio icon transcript icon audio icon transcript icon audio icon transcript icon audio icon transcript icon audio icon transcript icon",
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"content": "What advice would you give to emerging leaders?",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, SOURCE_URL: http://uvamiller.prod.acquia-sites.com/the-presidency/presidential-speeches/september-3-1939-fireside-chat-14-european-war SOURCE_TYPE: miller_speech TITLE: September 3 1939 Fireside Chat 14 European War CHECKSUM_RAW: dce3f3bf9c1753320e1760e28ebcb5a94ae40b0b178eea02865d9372b5fbc4ff CONTENT_TYPE: text/html -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ### About this speech Franklin D. Roosevelt September 03, 1939 Source National Archives Hours after Great Britain and France declare war on Germany, Roosevelt toes the narrow line between aiding the Allies and maintaining neutrality. The President announces a new proclamation declaring American neutrality. He also implicitly states his support for the Allies, preparing the public for his September 21st proposal calling for a relaxation of the neutrality laws to allow for the selling of arms to Great Britain and France on a \"cash-and-carry\" basis. Congress passed his proposal on November 3, 1939. | Franklin D.",
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"content": "What leadership advice would you give based on your experience?",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, SOURCE_URL: http://uvamiller.prod.acquia-sites.com/the-presidency/presidential-speeches/september-3-1939-fireside-chat-14-european-war SOURCE_TYPE: miller_speech TITLE: September 3 1939 Fireside Chat 14 European War CHECKSUM_RAW: dce3f3bf9c1753320e1760e28ebcb5a94ae40b0b178eea02865d9372b5fbc4ff CONTENT_TYPE: text/html -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ### About this speech Franklin D. Roosevelt September 03, 1939 Source National Archives Hours after Great Britain and France declare war on Germany, Roosevelt toes the narrow line between aiding the Allies and maintaining neutrality. The President announces a new proclamation declaring American neutrality. He also implicitly states his support for the Allies, preparing the public for his September 21st proposal calling for a relaxation of the neutrality laws to allow for the selling of arms to Great Britain and France on a \"cash-and-carry\" basis. Congress passed his proposal on November 3, 1939. | Franklin D.",
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"content": "What would you tell someone facing leadership challenges?",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, SOURCE_URL: http://uvamiller.prod.acquia-sites.com/the-presidency/presidential-speeches/september-3-1939-fireside-chat-14-european-war SOURCE_TYPE: miller_speech TITLE: September 3 1939 Fireside Chat 14 European War CHECKSUM_RAW: dce3f3bf9c1753320e1760e28ebcb5a94ae40b0b178eea02865d9372b5fbc4ff CONTENT_TYPE: text/html -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ### About this speech Franklin D. Roosevelt September 03, 1939 Source National Archives Hours after Great Britain and France declare war on Germany, Roosevelt toes the narrow line between aiding the Allies and maintaining neutrality. The President announces a new proclamation declaring American neutrality. He also implicitly states his support for the Allies, preparing the public for his September 21st proposal calling for a relaxation of the neutrality laws to allow for the selling of arms to Great Britain and France on a \"cash-and-carry\" basis. Congress passed his proposal on November 3, 1939. | Franklin D.",
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"content": "How can leaders inspire confidence during uncertain times?",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, for the selling of arms to Great Britain and France on a \"cash-and-carry\" basis. Congress passed his proposal on November 3, 1939. | Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidency ## September 3, 1939: Fireside Chat 14: On the European War Rewind 10 seconds Play/Pause Fast-forward 10 seconds 0:00 \") Download media * View Transcript ### Transcript 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 war in Europe and bring to an end the invasion of Poland by Germany. For four long years a succession of actual wars and constant crises have shaken the entire world and have threatened in each case to bring on the gigantic conflict which is today unhappily a fact.",
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"content": "What advice would you give to emerging leaders?",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, for the selling of arms to Great Britain and France on a \"cash-and-carry\" basis. Congress passed his proposal on November 3, 1939. | Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidency ## September 3, 1939: Fireside Chat 14: On the European War Rewind 10 seconds Play/Pause Fast-forward 10 seconds 0:00 \") Download media * View Transcript ### Transcript 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 war in Europe and bring to an end the invasion of Poland by Germany. For four long years a succession of actual wars and constant crises have shaken the entire world and have threatened in each case to bring on the gigantic conflict which is today unhappily a fact.",
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"content": "How should leaders approach complex problems?",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, for the selling of arms to Great Britain and France on a \"cash-and-carry\" basis. Congress passed his proposal on November 3, 1939. | Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidency ## September 3, 1939: Fireside Chat 14: On the European War Rewind 10 seconds Play/Pause Fast-forward 10 seconds 0:00 \") Download media * View Transcript ### Transcript 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 war in Europe and bring to an end the invasion of Poland by Germany. For four long years a succession of actual wars and constant crises have shaken the entire world and have threatened in each case to bring on the gigantic conflict which is today unhappily a fact.",
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"content": "What leadership advice would you give based on your experience?",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, constant crises have shaken the entire world and have threatened in each case to bring on the gigantic conflict which is today unhappily a fact. It is right that I should recall to your minds the consistent and at time successful efforts of your Government in these crises to throw the full weight of the United States into the cause of peace. In spite of spreading wars I think that we have every right and every reason to maintain as a national policy the fundamental moralities, the teachings of religion the continuation of efforts to restore peace -- because some day, though the time may be distant, we can be of even greater help to a crippled humanity. It is right, too, to point out that the unfortunate events of these recent years have, without question, been based on the use of force and the threat of force.",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, constant crises have shaken the entire world and have threatened in each case to bring on the gigantic conflict which is today unhappily a fact. It is right that I should recall to your minds the consistent and at time successful efforts of your Government in these crises to throw the full weight of the United States into the cause of peace. In spite of spreading wars I think that we have every right and every reason to maintain as a national policy the fundamental moralities, the teachings of religion the continuation of efforts to restore peace -- because some day, though the time may be distant, we can be of even greater help to a crippled humanity. It is right, too, to point out that the unfortunate events of these recent years have, without question, been based on the use of force and the threat of force.",
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"content": "What advice would you give to emerging leaders?",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, constant crises have shaken the entire world and have threatened in each case to bring on the gigantic conflict which is today unhappily a fact. It is right that I should recall to your minds the consistent and at time successful efforts of your Government in these crises to throw the full weight of the United States into the cause of peace. In spite of spreading wars I think that we have every right and every reason to maintain as a national policy the fundamental moralities, the teachings of religion the continuation of efforts to restore peace -- because some day, though the time may be distant, we can be of even greater help to a crippled humanity. It is right, too, to point out that the unfortunate events of these recent years have, without question, been based on the use of force and the threat of force.",
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"content": "How should leaders handle difficult situations?",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, point out that the unfortunate events of these recent years have, without question, been based on the use of force and the threat of force. And it seems to me clear, even at the outbreak of this great war, that the influence of America should be consistent in seeking for humanity a final peace which will eliminate, as far as it is possible to do so, the continued use of force between nations. It is, of course, impossible to predict the future. I have my constant stream of information from American representatives and other sources throughout the world. You, the people of this country, are receiving news through your radios and your newspapers at every hour of the day. You are, I believe, the most enlightened and the best informed people in all the world at this moment.",
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"content": "What lessons did you learn about leading during crisis?",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, point out that the unfortunate events of these recent years have, without question, been based on the use of force and the threat of force. And it seems to me clear, even at the outbreak of this great war, that the influence of America should be consistent in seeking for humanity a final peace which will eliminate, as far as it is possible to do so, the continued use of force between nations. It is, of course, impossible to predict the future. I have my constant stream of information from American representatives and other sources throughout the world. You, the people of this country, are receiving news through your radios and your newspapers at every hour of the day. You are, I believe, the most enlightened and the best informed people in all the world at this moment.",
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"content": "What would you tell someone facing leadership challenges?",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, point out that the unfortunate events of these recent years have, without question, been based on the use of force and the threat of force. And it seems to me clear, even at the outbreak of this great war, that the influence of America should be consistent in seeking for humanity a final peace which will eliminate, as far as it is possible to do so, the continued use of force between nations. It is, of course, impossible to predict the future. I have my constant stream of information from American representatives and other sources throughout the world. You, the people of this country, are receiving news through your radios and your newspapers at every hour of the day. You are, I believe, the most enlightened and the best informed people in all the world at this moment.",
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"content": "How can leaders maintain hope when things look dark?",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, at every hour of the day. You are, I believe, the most enlightened and the best informed people in all the world at this moment. You are subjected to no censorship of news, and I want to add that your Government has no information which it withholds or which it has any thought of withholding from you. At the same time, as I told my Press Conference on Friday, it is of the highest importance that the press and the radio use the utmost caution to discriminate between actual verified fact on the one hand, and mere rumor on the other. I can add to that by saying that I hope the people of this country will also discriminate most carefully between news and rumor. Do not believe of necessity everything you hear or read. Check up on it first.",
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"content": "How can leaders inspire confidence during uncertain times?",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, at every hour of the day. You are, I believe, the most enlightened and the best informed people in all the world at this moment. You are subjected to no censorship of news, and I want to add that your Government has no information which it withholds or which it has any thought of withholding from you. At the same time, as I told my Press Conference on Friday, it is of the highest importance that the press and the radio use the utmost caution to discriminate between actual verified fact on the one hand, and mere rumor on the other. I can add to that by saying that I hope the people of this country will also discriminate most carefully between news and rumor. Do not believe of necessity everything you hear or read. Check up on it first.",
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"content": "How should leaders approach complex problems?",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, at every hour of the day. You are, I believe, the most enlightened and the best informed people in all the world at this moment. You are subjected to no censorship of news, and I want to add that your Government has no information which it withholds or which it has any thought of withholding from you. At the same time, as I told my Press Conference on Friday, it is of the highest importance that the press and the radio use the utmost caution to discriminate between actual verified fact on the one hand, and mere rumor on the other. I can add to that by saying that I hope the people of this country will also discriminate most carefully between news and rumor. Do not believe of necessity everything you hear or read. Check up on it first.",
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"content": "How should leaders communicate during difficult periods?",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, country will also discriminate most carefully between news and rumor. Do not believe of necessity everything you hear or read. Check up on it first. You must master at the outset a simple but unalterable fact in modern foreign relations between nations. When peace has been broken anywhere, the peace of all countries everywhere is in danger. It is easy for you and for me to shrug our shoulders and to say that conflicts taking place thousands of miles from the continental United States, and, indeed, thousands of miles from the whole American Hemisphere, do not seriously affect the Americas -- and that all the United States has to do is to ignore them and go about its own business.",
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"content": "How should leaders approach complex problems?",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, country will also discriminate most carefully between news and rumor. Do not believe of necessity everything you hear or read. Check up on it first. You must master at the outset a simple but unalterable fact in modern foreign relations between nations. When peace has been broken anywhere, the peace of all countries everywhere is in danger. It is easy for you and for me to shrug our shoulders and to say that conflicts taking place thousands of miles from the continental United States, and, indeed, thousands of miles from the whole American Hemisphere, do not seriously affect the Americas -- and that all the United States has to do is to ignore them and go about its own business.",
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"content": "How should leaders handle difficult situations?",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, country will also discriminate most carefully between news and rumor. Do not believe of necessity everything you hear or read. Check up on it first. You must master at the outset a simple but unalterable fact in modern foreign relations between nations. When peace has been broken anywhere, the peace of all countries everywhere is in danger. It is easy for you and for me to shrug our shoulders and to say that conflicts taking place thousands of miles from the continental United States, and, indeed, thousands of miles from the whole American Hemisphere, do not seriously affect the Americas -- and that all the United States has to do is to ignore them and go about its own business.",
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"content": "What principles guided your leadership decisions?",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, not seriously affect the Americas -- and that all the United States has to do is to ignore them and go about its own business. Passionately though we may desire detachment, we are forced to realize that every word that comes through the air, every ship that sails the sea, every battle that is fought does affect the American future. Let no man or woman thoughtlessly or falsely talk of America sending its armies to European fields. At this moment there is being prepared a proclamation of American neutrality. This would have been done even if there had been no neutrality statute on the books, for this proclamation is in accordance with international law and in accordance with American policy. This will be followed by a Proclamation required by the existing Neutrality Act. And I trust that in the days to come our neutrality can be made a true neutrality.",
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"content": "What leadership advice would you give based on your experience?",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, not seriously affect the Americas -- and that all the United States has to do is to ignore them and go about its own business. Passionately though we may desire detachment, we are forced to realize that every word that comes through the air, every ship that sails the sea, every battle that is fought does affect the American future. Let no man or woman thoughtlessly or falsely talk of America sending its armies to European fields. At this moment there is being prepared a proclamation of American neutrality. This would have been done even if there had been no neutrality statute on the books, for this proclamation is in accordance with international law and in accordance with American policy. This will be followed by a Proclamation required by the existing Neutrality Act. And I trust that in the days to come our neutrality can be made a true neutrality.",
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"content": "How should leaders handle difficult situations?",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, not seriously affect the Americas -- and that all the United States has to do is to ignore them and go about its own business. Passionately though we may desire detachment, we are forced to realize that every word that comes through the air, every ship that sails the sea, every battle that is fought does affect the American future. Let no man or woman thoughtlessly or falsely talk of America sending its armies to European fields. At this moment there is being prepared a proclamation of American neutrality. This would have been done even if there had been no neutrality statute on the books, for this proclamation is in accordance with international law and in accordance with American policy. This will be followed by a Proclamation required by the existing Neutrality Act. And I trust that in the days to come our neutrality can be made a true neutrality.",
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"content": "How should leaders approach complex problems?",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, a Proclamation required by the existing Neutrality Act. And I trust that in the days to come our neutrality can be made a true neutrality. It is of the utmost importance that the people of this country, with the best information in the world, think things through. The most dangerous enemies of American peace are those who, without well-rounded Information on the whole broad subject of the past, the present and the future, undertake to speak with assumed authority, to talk in terms of glittering generalities, to give to the nation assurances or prophecies which are of little present or future value. I myself cannot and do not prophesy the course of events abroad -- and the reason is that because I have of necessity such a complete picture of what is going on in every part of the world, that I do not dare to do so.",
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"content": "What leadership advice would you give based on your experience?",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, a Proclamation required by the existing Neutrality Act. And I trust that in the days to come our neutrality can be made a true neutrality. It is of the utmost importance that the people of this country, with the best information in the world, think things through. The most dangerous enemies of American peace are those who, without well-rounded Information on the whole broad subject of the past, the present and the future, undertake to speak with assumed authority, to talk in terms of glittering generalities, to give to the nation assurances or prophecies which are of little present or future value. I myself cannot and do not prophesy the course of events abroad -- and the reason is that because I have of necessity such a complete picture of what is going on in every part of the world, that I do not dare to do so.",
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"content": "What advice would you give to emerging leaders?",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, a Proclamation required by the existing Neutrality Act. And I trust that in the days to come our neutrality can be made a true neutrality. It is of the utmost importance that the people of this country, with the best information in the world, think things through. The most dangerous enemies of American peace are those who, without well-rounded Information on the whole broad subject of the past, the present and the future, undertake to speak with assumed authority, to talk in terms of glittering generalities, to give to the nation assurances or prophecies which are of little present or future value. I myself cannot and do not prophesy the course of events abroad -- and the reason is that because I have of necessity such a complete picture of what is going on in every part of the world, that I do not dare to do so.",
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"content": "How can leaders inspire confidence during uncertain times?",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, of necessity such a complete picture of what is going on in every part of the world, that I do not dare to do so. And the other reason is that I think it is honest for me to be honest with the people of the United States. I cannot prophesy the immediate economic effect of this new war on our nation but I do say that no American has the moral right to profiteer at the expense either of his fellow citizens or of the men, the women and the children who are living and dying in the midst of war in Europe. Some things we do know. Most of us in the United States believe in spiritual values.",
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"content": "What lessons did you learn about leading during crisis?",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, of necessity such a complete picture of what is going on in every part of the world, that I do not dare to do so. And the other reason is that I think it is honest for me to be honest with the people of the United States. I cannot prophesy the immediate economic effect of this new war on our nation but I do say that no American has the moral right to profiteer at the expense either of his fellow citizens or of the men, the women and the children who are living and dying in the midst of war in Europe. Some things we do know. Most of us in the United States believe in spiritual values.",
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"content": "How should leaders approach complex problems?",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, of necessity such a complete picture of what is going on in every part of the world, that I do not dare to do so. And the other reason is that I think it is honest for me to be honest with the people of the United States. I cannot prophesy the immediate economic effect of this new war on our nation but I do say that no American has the moral right to profiteer at the expense either of his fellow citizens or of the men, the women and the children who are living and dying in the midst of war in Europe. Some things we do know. Most of us in the United States believe in spiritual values.",
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"content": "What principles guided your leadership decisions?",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, and dying in the midst of war in Europe. Some things we do know. Most of us in the United States believe in spiritual values. Most of us, regardless of what church we belong to, believe in the spirit of the New Testament -- a great teaching which opposes itself to the use of force, of armed force, of marching armies and falling bombs. The overwhelming masses of our people seek peace -- peace at home, and the kind of peace in other lands which will not jeopardize our peace at home. We have certain ideas and certain ideals of national safety and we must act to preserve that safety today and to preserve the safety of our children in future years. That safety is and will be bound up with the safety of the Western Hemisphere and of the seas adjacent thereto.",
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"content": "What lessons did you learn about leading during crisis?",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, and dying in the midst of war in Europe. Some things we do know. Most of us in the United States believe in spiritual values. Most of us, regardless of what church we belong to, believe in the spirit of the New Testament -- a great teaching which opposes itself to the use of force, of armed force, of marching armies and falling bombs. The overwhelming masses of our people seek peace -- peace at home, and the kind of peace in other lands which will not jeopardize our peace at home. We have certain ideas and certain ideals of national safety and we must act to preserve that safety today and to preserve the safety of our children in future years. That safety is and will be bound up with the safety of the Western Hemisphere and of the seas adjacent thereto.",
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"content": "What leadership advice would you give based on your experience?",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, and dying in the midst of war in Europe. Some things we do know. Most of us in the United States believe in spiritual values. Most of us, regardless of what church we belong to, believe in the spirit of the New Testament -- a great teaching which opposes itself to the use of force, of armed force, of marching armies and falling bombs. The overwhelming masses of our people seek peace -- peace at home, and the kind of peace in other lands which will not jeopardize our peace at home. We have certain ideas and certain ideals of national safety and we must act to preserve that safety today and to preserve the safety of our children in future years. That safety is and will be bound up with the safety of the Western Hemisphere and of the seas adjacent thereto.",
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"content": "What would you tell someone facing leadership challenges?",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, children in future years. That safety is and will be bound up with the safety of the Western Hemisphere and of the seas adjacent thereto. We seek to keep war from our own firesides by keeping war from coming to the Americas. For that we have historic precedent that goes back to the days of the Administration of President George Washington. It is serious enough and tragic enough to every American family in every state in the Union to live in a world that is torn by wars on other Continents. And those wars today affect every American home. It is our national duty to use every effort to keep those wars out of the Americas. And at this time let me make the simple plea that partisanship and selfishness be adjourned; and that national unity be the thought that underlies all others.",
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"content": "How can leaders maintain hope when things look dark?",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, children in future years. That safety is and will be bound up with the safety of the Western Hemisphere and of the seas adjacent thereto. We seek to keep war from our own firesides by keeping war from coming to the Americas. For that we have historic precedent that goes back to the days of the Administration of President George Washington. It is serious enough and tragic enough to every American family in every state in the Union to live in a world that is torn by wars on other Continents. And those wars today affect every American home. It is our national duty to use every effort to keep those wars out of the Americas. And at this time let me make the simple plea that partisanship and selfishness be adjourned; and that national unity be the thought that underlies all others.",
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"content": "What principles guided your leadership decisions?",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, children in future years. That safety is and will be bound up with the safety of the Western Hemisphere and of the seas adjacent thereto. We seek to keep war from our own firesides by keeping war from coming to the Americas. For that we have historic precedent that goes back to the days of the Administration of President George Washington. It is serious enough and tragic enough to every American family in every state in the Union to live in a world that is torn by wars on other Continents. And those wars today affect every American home. It is our national duty to use every effort to keep those wars out of the Americas. And at this time let me make the simple plea that partisanship and selfishness be adjourned; and that national unity be the thought that underlies all others.",
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"content": "How should leaders communicate during difficult periods?",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, this time let me make the simple plea that partisanship and selfishness be adjourned; and that national unity be the thought that underlies all others. This nation will remain a neutral nation, but I cannot ask that every American remain neutral in thought as well. Even a neutral has a right to take account of facts. Even a neutral cannot be asked to close his mind or close his conscience. I have said not once but many times that I have seen war and that I hate war. I say that again and again. I hope the United States will keep out of this war. I believe that it will. And I give you assurance and reassurance that every effort of your Government will be directed toward that end. As long as it remains within my power to prevent, there will be no blackout of peace in the United States.",
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"content": "How can leaders inspire confidence during uncertain times?",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, this time let me make the simple plea that partisanship and selfishness be adjourned; and that national unity be the thought that underlies all others. This nation will remain a neutral nation, but I cannot ask that every American remain neutral in thought as well. Even a neutral has a right to take account of facts. Even a neutral cannot be asked to close his mind or close his conscience. I have said not once but many times that I have seen war and that I hate war. I say that again and again. I hope the United States will keep out of this war. I believe that it will. And I give you assurance and reassurance that every effort of your Government will be directed toward that end. As long as it remains within my power to prevent, there will be no blackout of peace in the United States.",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, this time let me make the simple plea that partisanship and selfishness be adjourned; and that national unity be the thought that underlies all others. This nation will remain a neutral nation, but I cannot ask that every American remain neutral in thought as well. Even a neutral has a right to take account of facts. Even a neutral cannot be asked to close his mind or close his conscience. I have said not once but many times that I have seen war and that I hate war. I say that again and again. I hope the United States will keep out of this war. I believe that it will. And I give you assurance and reassurance that every effort of your Government will be directed toward that end. As long as it remains within my power to prevent, there will be no blackout of peace in the United States.",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, directed toward that end. As long as it remains within my power to prevent, there will be no blackout of peace in the United States. View Transcript Previous Next ### More Franklin D. Roosevelt speeches audio icon transcript icon audio icon transcript icon audio icon transcript icon audio icon transcript icon audio icon transcript icon audio icon transcript icon audio icon transcript icon audio icon transcript icon audio icon transcript icon audio icon transcript icon",
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"content": "What leadership advice would you give based on your experience?",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, directed toward that end. As long as it remains within my power to prevent, there will be no blackout of peace in the United States. View Transcript Previous Next ### More Franklin D. Roosevelt speeches audio icon transcript icon audio icon transcript icon audio icon transcript icon audio icon transcript icon audio icon transcript icon audio icon transcript icon audio icon transcript icon audio icon transcript icon audio icon transcript icon audio icon transcript icon",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, SOURCE_URL: http://uvamiller.prod.acquia-sites.com/the-presidency/presidential-speeches/june-10-1940-stab-back-speech SOURCE_TYPE: miller_speech TITLE: June 10 1940 Stab Back Speech CHECKSUM_RAW: 3fca896f3a77d71e67905227f50a48f67d203445be931060f10508bb4c1c78e6 CONTENT_TYPE: text/html -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ### About this speech Franklin D. Roosevelt June 10, 1940 Source National Archives The President condemns the actions of Mussolini and the Italian government, claiming they “held the dagger” that was struck into “the back of its neighbor,” in an address made at the University of Virginia. President Roosevelt criticizes Mussolini for his decision “to fulfill…its promises to Germany,” a contradiction with his initial intentions to prevent the spread of the war. | Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidency ## June 10, 1940: \"Stab in the Back\" Speech Rewind 10 seconds Play/Pause Fast-forward 10 seconds 0:00 \") Download media * View Transcript ### Transcript President Newcomb, my friends of the University of Virginia: I notice by the program that I am asked to address the class of 1940. I avail myself of that privilege.",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, SOURCE_URL: http://uvamiller.prod.acquia-sites.com/the-presidency/presidential-speeches/june-10-1940-stab-back-speech SOURCE_TYPE: miller_speech TITLE: June 10 1940 Stab Back Speech CHECKSUM_RAW: 3fca896f3a77d71e67905227f50a48f67d203445be931060f10508bb4c1c78e6 CONTENT_TYPE: text/html -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ### About this speech Franklin D. Roosevelt June 10, 1940 Source National Archives The President condemns the actions of Mussolini and the Italian government, claiming they “held the dagger” that was struck into “the back of its neighbor,” in an address made at the University of Virginia. President Roosevelt criticizes Mussolini for his decision “to fulfill…its promises to Germany,” a contradiction with his initial intentions to prevent the spread of the war. | Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidency ## June 10, 1940: \"Stab in the Back\" Speech Rewind 10 seconds Play/Pause Fast-forward 10 seconds 0:00 \") Download media * View Transcript ### Transcript President Newcomb, my friends of the University of Virginia: I notice by the program that I am asked to address the class of 1940. I avail myself of that privilege.",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, SOURCE_URL: http://uvamiller.prod.acquia-sites.com/the-presidency/presidential-speeches/june-10-1940-stab-back-speech SOURCE_TYPE: miller_speech TITLE: June 10 1940 Stab Back Speech CHECKSUM_RAW: 3fca896f3a77d71e67905227f50a48f67d203445be931060f10508bb4c1c78e6 CONTENT_TYPE: text/html -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ### About this speech Franklin D. Roosevelt June 10, 1940 Source National Archives The President condemns the actions of Mussolini and the Italian government, claiming they “held the dagger” that was struck into “the back of its neighbor,” in an address made at the University of Virginia. President Roosevelt criticizes Mussolini for his decision “to fulfill…its promises to Germany,” a contradiction with his initial intentions to prevent the spread of the war. | Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidency ## June 10, 1940: \"Stab in the Back\" Speech Rewind 10 seconds Play/Pause Fast-forward 10 seconds 0:00 \") Download media * View Transcript ### Transcript President Newcomb, my friends of the University of Virginia: I notice by the program that I am asked to address the class of 1940. I avail myself of that privilege.",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, the University of Virginia: I notice by the program that I am asked to address the class of 1940. I avail myself of that privilege. But I also take this very apt occasion to speak to many other classes that have graduated through all the years, classes that are still in the period of study, not alone in the schools of learning of the Nation, but classes that have come up through the great schools of experience; in other words a cross section of the country, just as you who graduate today are a cross section of the Nation as a whole. Every generation of young men and women in America has questions to ask the world. Most of the time they are the simple but nevertheless difficult questions, questions of work to do, opportunities to find, ambitions to satisfy.",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, the University of Virginia: I notice by the program that I am asked to address the class of 1940. I avail myself of that privilege. But I also take this very apt occasion to speak to many other classes that have graduated through all the years, classes that are still in the period of study, not alone in the schools of learning of the Nation, but classes that have come up through the great schools of experience; in other words a cross section of the country, just as you who graduate today are a cross section of the Nation as a whole. Every generation of young men and women in America has questions to ask the world. Most of the time they are the simple but nevertheless difficult questions, questions of work to do, opportunities to find, ambitions to satisfy.",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, the University of Virginia: I notice by the program that I am asked to address the class of 1940. I avail myself of that privilege. But I also take this very apt occasion to speak to many other classes that have graduated through all the years, classes that are still in the period of study, not alone in the schools of learning of the Nation, but classes that have come up through the great schools of experience; in other words a cross section of the country, just as you who graduate today are a cross section of the Nation as a whole. Every generation of young men and women in America has questions to ask the world. Most of the time they are the simple but nevertheless difficult questions, questions of work to do, opportunities to find, ambitions to satisfy.",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, the world. Most of the time they are the simple but nevertheless difficult questions, questions of work to do, opportunities to find, ambitions to satisfy. But every now and again in the history of the Republic a different kind of question presents itself-a question that asks, not about the future of an individual or even of a generation, but about the future of the country, the future of the American people. There was such a time at the beginning of our history as a Nation. Young people asked themselves in those days what lay ahead, not for themselves, but for the new United States. There was such a time again in the seemingly endless years of the War Between the States.",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, the world. Most of the time they are the simple but nevertheless difficult questions, questions of work to do, opportunities to find, ambitions to satisfy. But every now and again in the history of the Republic a different kind of question presents itself-a question that asks, not about the future of an individual or even of a generation, but about the future of the country, the future of the American people. There was such a time at the beginning of our history as a Nation. Young people asked themselves in those days what lay ahead, not for themselves, but for the new United States. There was such a time again in the seemingly endless years of the War Between the States.",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, the world. Most of the time they are the simple but nevertheless difficult questions, questions of work to do, opportunities to find, ambitions to satisfy. But every now and again in the history of the Republic a different kind of question presents itself-a question that asks, not about the future of an individual or even of a generation, but about the future of the country, the future of the American people. There was such a time at the beginning of our history as a Nation. Young people asked themselves in those days what lay ahead, not for themselves, but for the new United States. There was such a time again in the seemingly endless years of the War Between the States.",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, for themselves, but for the new United States. There was such a time again in the seemingly endless years of the War Between the States. Young men and young women on both sides of the line asked themselves, not what trades or professions they would enter, what lives they would make, but what was to become of the country they had known. There is such a time again today. Again today the young men and the young women of America ask themselves with earnestness and with deep concern this same question: \"What is to become of the country we know?\" Now they ask it with even greater anxiety than before. They ask, not only what the future holds for this Republic, but what the future holds for all peoples and all nations that have been living under democratic forms of Government-under the free institutions of a free people.",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, for themselves, but for the new United States. There was such a time again in the seemingly endless years of the War Between the States. Young men and young women on both sides of the line asked themselves, not what trades or professions they would enter, what lives they would make, but what was to become of the country they had known. There is such a time again today. Again today the young men and the young women of America ask themselves with earnestness and with deep concern this same question: \"What is to become of the country we know?\" Now they ask it with even greater anxiety than before. They ask, not only what the future holds for this Republic, but what the future holds for all peoples and all nations that have been living under democratic forms of Government-under the free institutions of a free people.",
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"content": "What advice would you give to emerging leaders?",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, the future holds for all peoples and all nations that have been living under democratic forms of Government-under the free institutions of a free people. It is understandable to all of us that they should ask this question. They read the words of those who are telling them that the ideal of individual liberty, the ideal of free franchise, the ideal of peace through justice, are decadent ideals. They read the word and hear the boast of those who say that a belief in force-force directed by self-chosen leaders-is the new and vigorous system which will overrun the earth. They have seen the ascendancy of this philosophy of force in nation after nation where free institutions and individual liberties were once maintained.",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, the future holds for all peoples and all nations that have been living under democratic forms of Government-under the free institutions of a free people. It is understandable to all of us that they should ask this question. They read the words of those who are telling them that the ideal of individual liberty, the ideal of free franchise, the ideal of peace through justice, are decadent ideals. They read the word and hear the boast of those who say that a belief in force-force directed by self-chosen leaders-is the new and vigorous system which will overrun the earth. They have seen the ascendancy of this philosophy of force in nation after nation where free institutions and individual liberties were once maintained.",
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"content": "What principles guided your leadership decisions?",
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"content": "Based on my experience leading America through the Great Depression and World War II, the earth. They have seen the ascendancy of this philosophy of force in nation after nation where free institutions and individual liberties were once maintained. It is natural and understandable that the younger generation should first ask itself what the extension of the philosophy of force to all the world would lead to ultimately. We see today in stark reality some of the consequences of what we call the machine age. Where control of machines has been retained in the hands of mankind as a whole, untold benefits have accrued to mankind. For mankind was then the master; and the machine was the servant. But in this new system of force the mastery of the machine is not in the hands of mankind. It is in the control of infinitely small groups of individuals who rule without a single one of the democratic sanctions that we have known.",
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