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  "Arsenal of Democracy" Speech
We must be the great arsenal of democracy." Fireside chat on national security and the common cause, Washington, D. C., December 29,1940 My friends: This is not a fireside chat on war.
Democracy's fight against world conquest is being greatly aided, and must be more greatly aided, by the rearmament of the United States and by sending every ounce and every ton of munitions and supplies that we can possibly spare to help the defenders who are in the front lines.
The strength of this nation shall not be diluted by the failure of the Government to protect the economic well-being of its citizen.
www.ibiblio.org /pha/7-2-188/188-21.html   (3697 words)

  
  Arsenal of Democracy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Arsenal of Democracy is one of the most famous of 30 fireside chats broadcast on the radio by United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
The term "arsenal of democracy" was contributed by Harry Hopkins, Roosevelt's top advisor.
It is here that he uses the phrase "arsenal of democracy": "We must be the great arsenal of democracy.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Arsenal_of_Democracy   (760 words)

  
 Arsenal (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An arsenal is an establishment for the construction, repair, receipt, storage and issue of arms and ammunition.
The "Arsenal of Democracy" is a famous fireside chat by US President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1940.
Arsenal tube station, a station on the London Underground in Highbury, named after Arsenal FC.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Arsenal_(disambiguation)   (303 words)

  
 Democracy Quotes & Quotations compiled by GIGA
To acquire immunity to eloquence is of the utmost importance to the citizens of a democracy.
As citizens of this democracy, you are the rulers and the ruled, the law-givers and the law-abiding, the beginning and the end.
Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time.
www.giga-usa.com /quotes/topics/democracy_t003.htm   (627 words)

  
 arsenal - Search Results - MSN Encarta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Arsenal, motion-picture dramatization of a particular battle in the Russian Revolution during 1914.
We must be the great arsenal of democracy.
arsenal, barn, bunker, cellar, depository, depot, gasometer, grain elevator, granary, hangar, hayloft, loft, shed, silo, storehouse, storeroom,...
ca.encarta.msn.com /arsenal.html   (119 words)

  
 OpinionJournal - ARSENAL OF DEMOCRACY
While a Shiite-dominated regime might not meet America's goal of a Western-style democracy, it is still far preferable to risking the return of Saddam's thugs.
Democracy and Islam coexist in Indonesia, Malaysia and Bangladesh, while Israel offers an example of a state built on a single religion.
That could be the case in Iraq, too, as long as it is led by wise clerics who are able to deliver freedom and good governance.
www.opinionjournal.com /forms/printThis.html?id=110005071   (1284 words)

  
 WorldNetDaily: The democracy ruse
democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention; have ever been found incompatible with personal security, or the rights of property; and have in general been short in their lives as they are violent in their deaths."
Perhaps the most concise and definitive condemnation of democracy came from Lord Acton: "The one prevailing evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority, or rather that party, not always the majority, that succeeds, by force or fraud, in carrying elections."
My favorite analogy illustration of democracy is the one that equates it with two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for dinner.
www.wnd.com /news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=32645   (659 words)

  
 Great Arsenal of Democracy
Democracy's fight against world conquest is being greatly aided, and must be more greatly aided, by the rearmament of the United States and by sending every ounce and every ton of munitions and supplies that we can possibly spare to help the defenders who are in the front lines.
The strength of this nation shall not be diluted by the failure of the government to protect the economic well-being of its citizens.
They have to be produced by workers and managers and engineers with the aid of machines which in turn have to be built by hundreds of thousands of workers throughout the land.
www.socialstudiesmadesimple.com /great_arsenal_of_democracy.htm   (3625 words)

  
 NRA-ILA :: Articles
The AOD had made few significant arms acquisitions since World War I, and much of what had been left over after that conflict was obsolescent and stashed away with little thought that it would ever be needed.
At that time AOD controlled but six manufacturing arsenals that were "active" only by an optimistic use of the word: Ordnance officers estimated that the six establishments could make only about 5 (7 of what would be needed if the U.S. went to war.
Frankford Arsenal was the prime manufacturer of small arms ammunition but also made artillery projectiles, cases, pyrotechnics and various gauges and instruments.
www.nraila.org /Issues/Articles/Read.aspx?ID=113   (4448 words)

  
 Arsenal of Democracy Pays Tribute to Veterans; National Firearms Museum Exhibit Opens in May
Today, on the eve of the 60th anniversary of victory in the Second World War, NRA has found two new ways to pay special tribute to the American servicemen and women who fought in that conflict -- with a new museum exhibit and the creation of a veterans' endowment.
On May 18th, at an invitation-only reception, the NRA's National Firearms Museum will open The Arsenal of Democracy, an extraordinary new exhibit created to honor WW II veterans.
The Arsenal of Democracy will open to the general public on May 19 and remain on display until December 31, 2006.
www.nracentral.com /arsenal-democracy-veterans.php   (605 words)

  
 Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal
The Great Arsenal of Democracy is one of the most famous of 30 fireside chats broadcast on the radio by United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
The term "arsenal of democracy" was contributed by Harry Hopkins, Roosevelt's top advisor.
The phrase, "Arsenal of Democracy" was coined by Jean Monnet, not Franklin D. Roosevelt.
www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Arsenal_of_Democracy   (843 words)

  
 Chrysler builds Sherman, Pershing, and M3 tanks for the Arsenal of Democracy
The “arsenal of democracy” and M3, Sherman, and Pershing tanks
Nevertheless, the ground for the arsenal was broken in Warren Township Michigan on September 9, 1940.
The number 2 pilot had been built in a few hours by the full compliment of the 230 employees which was all that the arsenal had on the payroll, placing faith in the ability to produce tanks on a line like a car.
www.allpar.com /history/military/arsenal-of-democracy.html   (6486 words)

  
 National Republic vs. Federal Democracy | D'arcLyte
By the 20th century however, the falsehoods that Democracy was the epitome of good government and that the Founding Fathers had established such a government for the United States of America became an increasingly widespread fallacy.
In a Democracy, the sovereignty is in the whole body of the free citizens with the few controlling the many or the one.
The word Democracy [in a political rather than a social sense, of course] had always referred to a type of government, as distinguished from monarchy, or autocracy, or oligarchy, or principate.
www.conspiracyarchive.com /Commentary/Republic_vs_Democracy.htm   (5078 words)

  
 Democracy, again   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Worse yet, some in the United States actually expect to see good results from experiments with "democracy" in places that have no experience with self-government, places that have long histories of ethnic and religious groups victimizing one another, places that have no understanding of basic human rights.
Yet President Bush gave a speech last week in Philadelphia and referred to the city as "the birthplace of democracy." Some sharp aide needs to inform the president that Greece is the birthplace of democracy.
They were cognizant of the democracy in France that led directly to the guillotine.
www.m4radio.com /main/messageboard/1301.html   (700 words)

  
 WorldNetDaily: Democracy, again
Yet President Bush gave a speech last week in Philadelphia and referred to the city as "the birthplace of democracy." Some sharp aide needs to inform the president that Greece is the birthplace of democracy.
Perhaps the most concise and definitive condemnation of democracy came from Lord Acton: "The one prevailing evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority, or rather that party, not always the majority, that succeeds, by force or fraud, in carrying elections."
But my favorite analogy illustration of democracy is the one that equates it with two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for dinner.
www.worldnetdaily.com /news/printer-friendly.asp?ARTICLE_ID=47971   (702 words)

  
 American Rhetoric: Franklin Delano Roosevelt - "The Arsenal of Democracy"
And it is no more un-neutral for us to do that than it is for Sweden, Russia, and other nations near Germany to send steel and ore and oil and other war materials into Germany every day in the week.
I would ask no one to defend a democracy which in turn would not defend every one in the nation against want and privation.
The decision as to how much shall be sent abroad and how much shall remain at home must be made on the basis of our overall military necessities.
www.americanrhetoric.com /speeches/fdrarsenalofdemocracy.html   (3657 words)

  
 Quote DB :: Speeches :: Franklin D. Roosevelt :: The Great Arsenal of Democracy Speech   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
It is no more unneutral for us to do that than it is for Sweden, Russia, and other nations near Germany to send steel and ore and oil and other war materials into Germany every day.
Guns, planes, and ships have to be built in the factories and arsenals of America.
I want to make it clear that it is the purpose of the Nation to build now with all possible speed every machine and arsenal and factory that we need to manufacture our defense material.
www.quotedb.com /speeches/great-arsenal-of-democracy   (3600 words)

  
 Research Topics
The sorts of technology transfers that could flow from the EU's arsenal to the Chinese are particularly troubling, insofar as they would complement nicely the formidable weapon systems already provided by Russia.
In his "Arsenal of Democracy" address 65 years ago, Roosevelt warned his countrymen: "Frankly and definitely there is danger ahead " danger against which we must prepare.
Today, it is no less important we confront the danger to us from actual or prospective enemies, armed this time by those we previously helped secure their freedom.
www.defenddemocracy.org /research_topics/research_topics_show.htm?doc_id=262713&attrib_id=9038   (857 words)

  
 Article
Today, in celebration of the 60th anniversary of victory in the Second World War, NRA has found two new ways to pay special tribute to the American servicemen and women who fought in that conflict -- with a new museum exhibit, and the creation of a veterans' endowment.
On May 18th, at an invitation-only reception, the NRA's National Firearms Museum opened The Arsenal of Democracy, an extraordinary new exhibit created to honor WW II veterans.
The Arsenal of Democracy will remain open to the general public until December 31, 2006.
www.nra.org /Article.aspx?id=2971   (591 words)

  
 Hamdems: The Arsenal of Democracy, Part II   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Hamdems: The Arsenal of Democracy, Part II « The Arsenal of Democracy
The Arsenal of Democracy, Part II There was a time when the United States was the Arsenal of Democracy.
It is long past time to stoke the fires of the Arsenal of Democracy.
blog.hamdems.org /archives/034537.html   (685 words)

  
 democracyarsenal.org
It would support liberal democracy and governments with institutions that are accountable to their citizens.
It would support parties of any religion and any ideology as long as they are committed to the democratic process, recognize the rights of the opposition and bind themselves internationally to recognizing minority rights and the individual rights of all citizens, and upholding independent courts and honest government.
Second, the presumption of innocence is one of the pillars that distinguishes democracy from authoritarianism.
www.democracyarsenal.org   (7127 words)

  
 "Arsenal of Democracy" Speech, Franklin Roosevelt, 29 December 1940
It is no more unneutral for us to do that than it is for Sweden, Russia, and other nations near Germany to send steel and ore and oil and other war materials into Germany every day.
The strength of this Nation shall not be diluted by the failure of the Government to protect the economic well-being of all citizens.
I want to make it clear that it is the purpose of the Nation to build now with all possible speed every machine and arsenal and factory that we need to manufacture our defense material.
www.mtholyoke.edu /acad/intrel/WorldWar2/arsenal.htm   (3595 words)

  
 ARSENAL OF DEMOCRACY
The Lend-Lease Act empowered the president to "lend, lease, or exchange" war materials with nations whose struggle against aggression was considered necessary to American security.
It made the United States the "arsenal of democracy," and it became a factor in the final victory of the Allies.
The Lend-Lease Act led to a state of undeclared naval warfare with Germany.
faculty.virginia.edu /setear/students/fdrneutr/Arsenal.html   (732 words)

  
 Detroit Arsenal of Democracy HOME
Detroit Arsenal of Democracy is a Michigan non- profit company and Federal 501-(C)(3) tax exempt status, created to help educate the public about American history.
The Museum relies on cash donations, corporate sponsorships and donated or loaned memorabilia to expand, improve and maintain our exhibits for educational purposes.
If you like to make a donation to Detroit Arsenal of Democracy or one of our programs, you may contact our curator, Mr.
www.detroitarsenalofdemocracy.com   (285 words)

  
 Information about U.S. Proofcard®: 29¢ America Becomes "Arsenal of Democracy"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
In one of the biggest political gambles of history, U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt concluded the Destroyers for Bases Deal just a few months before the general election and his bid for a third term as President.
Roosevelt recognized that without such aid, democracy was likely doomed.
In one of his legendary fireside chats on December 29, 1940, the President first used the term which would become synonymous with America's entire focus throughout the war: the Great Arsenal of Democracy.
www.unicover.com /EA4PDA8A.HTM   (468 words)

  
 NSSF
NAACP Lawsuit Seeks to Destroy The “Arsenal Of Democracy”
NEWTOWN, CT – As the United States is fighting the global war on terror and at war against the outlaw regime of Iraq, the NAACP is suing the very companies that produce the tools our military and law enforcement agencies rely on every day.
The NAACP is trying to destroy the “Arsenal of Democracy” with a frivolous lawsuit.
www.nssf.org /news/legal_idx.cfm?PR=press/naacp/032403arsenal.cfm   (716 words)

  
 O.E.S. Project Web Log: Arsenal Of Democracy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
“We enter parliament in order to supply ourselves, in the arsenal of democracy, with its own weapons.
If democracy is so stupid as to give us free tickets and salaries for this bear's work, that is its affair.
I could have sworn I heard the Palastinians and Iranians say something just like that recently--or maybe it was the liberals--it's so easy to get them all confused these days.
www.btcorp.us /mt/2006/01/arsenal_of_demo.html   (302 words)

  
 Nebraska's Contribution to the Arsenal for Democracy During World War II
Nebraska's Contribution to the Arsenal for Democracy During World War II A B-26 Marauder medium bomber rolls off the Martin Bomber Plant in Omaha.
Despite a deep feeling of isolationism within the country, many in the government were committed to the preparation for war well before we were in it.
The idea was to build a large "Arsenal for Democracy."
www.nebraskastudies.org /0800/stories/0801_0132.html   (378 words)

  
 AmericanHeritage.com / ARSENAL
On December 29,1940, FDR gave his famous “Arsenal of Democracy” speech, describing massive aid to Britain and China as the best way for America to stay out of the fight.
The United States needed a huge rearmament program anyway, though, because except for our navy, we were a third-rate military power.
With the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States became in fact the arsenal of democracy.
www.americanheritage.com /articles/magazine/ah/2001/4/2001_4_84.shtml   (2058 words)

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