Question

The words "a date which will live in infamy," may be considered a(n) ________ or original thought spoken in concise form that is very memorable.

Answer 1

The speech's "infamy" line is often misquoted as "a day that will live in infamy". However, Roosevelt quite deliberately chose to emphasize the date—December 7, 1941—rather than the day of the attack, a Sunday, which he mentioned only in the last line when he said, "... Sunday, December 7th, 1941