
„We not only earnestly desire peace, but we are moved by a stern determination to avoid those perils that will endanger our peace with the world.“
— Franklin D. Roosevelt 32nd President of the United States 1882 - 1945
1930s, Address at San Diego Exposition (1935)
Kontext: This country seeks no conquest. We have no imperial designs. From day to day and year to year, we are establishing a more perfect assurance of peace with our neighbors. We rejoice especially in the prosperity, the stability and the independence of all of the American Republics. We not only earnestly desire peace, but we are moved by a stern determination to avoid those perils that will endanger our peace with the world.