...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...cannot be asked to close his mind or 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....

...leakage. It takes a very strong head to keep secrets for years and not go slightly mad. cp SNOW, 1971 Even a neutral cannot be asked to close his mind or his conscience. FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT, 1939 In the future we may have to deal with a Europe dominated by Germany. An agreement...

...but unlike his predecessor he did not call for neutrality of thought. "Even a neutral," he observed, "has a right to take account of facts. Even a neutral cannot be asked to close his mind or his conscience."6 The Second World War thus began for the United States on a different note from the one...

...would not ask, as Wilson had, that "Americans remain neutral in thought as well as in deed." FDR said "even a neutral cannot be asked to close his mind or his conscience." With the proclamation of neutrality, the arms embargo went into effect. Roosevelt then tried to bring...

...degree not required by the community prescriptions was assumed. President Roosevelt's assertion in 1939, "Even a neutral has a right to take account of facts....cannot be asked to close his mind or his conscience," 51 indicates the traditional position more accurately. Even if the traditional doctrine required the...

...specifically referred to "the final destruction of the Nazi tyranny" as a war objective.144 When FDR said, "This nation will remain a neutral nation, but I cannot...every American remain neutral in thought as well," he was probably speaking for himself first.145 The situation in Asia was equally explosive. In 1937...

...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...remain neutral in thought as well. Even a neutral 1The first "Neutrality Proclamation" in American history was issued by Washington on April 22, 1793;...

...a radio audience on September 3, "I cannot ask that every American remain neutral in thought. . . . Even a neutral cannot be asked to close his mind or his conscience." Few mistook his meaning. In the fall of 1939, FDR had neither the authority not the desire to fight...

...i, 1939, the Nazis swept into Poland. "This nation must remain a neutral nation," Roosevelt advised, "but I cannot ask that every American remain neutral in thought as well," a statement that seemed to advertise a gap between conviction and performance. Speculation arose that...

...begonnen. Franklin Delano Roosevelt erklärte an diesem Tag in einer Rede an das amerikanische Volk: "This nation will remain a neutral nation, but I cannot...ask that every American remain neutral in thought as well."447 Am 17. September rückte die Rote Armee in Ostpolen ein. Am 3. Oktober verkündete der US-Präsident...