This quote comes from the now famous Four Freedoms speech, delivered by Roosevelt as the State of the Union address on January 6, 1941. The international context was very negative. Hitler and his Axis allies were winning in Europe. Britain was greatly menaced and the Japanese were gearing up for all-out war in the Pacific and in Asia.
Roosevelt, aware that scientific progress had eliminated the physical advantage of the USA being separated from Europe and Asia by such vast expanses of water had been arming and funding the British for years and had also increased military spending and the Navy in order to keep Japan at bay.
He knew that once Hitler had conquered Europe and Japan had conquered the East, all the populations and resources of these vast reasons would be used to directly attack the USA, which would eventually find itself in numeric inferiority so in order to prevent such a dark future he chose to send weapons, supplies and money to the British.
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He contracted polio at age 39 and needed leg braces for the rest of his life.
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Franklin Roosevelt was born in a rich and resourceful family with political contacts. He got married to his cousin Eleanor Roosevelt.
In the year 1921, he got struck with polio and spent he rest of his days in a wheelchair. His presidency did wonders for the United states along with the establishment of a leadership stage for the United State in the world during the world war II.
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How the Second Industrial Revolution Changed Americans' Lives. The rapid advancement of mass production and transportation made life a lot faster. Rapid advances in the creation of steel, chemicals and electricity helped fuel production, including mass-produced consumer goods and weapons.
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