Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes

We are not isolationists except in so far as we seek to isolate ourselves completely from war. Yet we must remember that so long as war exists on earth there will be some danger that even the Nation which most ardently desires peace may be drawn into war.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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  Franklin D. Roosevelt
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  • May
  • Remember