To us there has come a time, in the midst of swift happenings, to pause for a moment and take stock—to recall what our place in history has been, and to rediscover what we are and what we may be. If we do not, we risk the real peril of inaction.


Third Inaugural Address (January 20, 1941)

Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes

To us there has come a time, in the midst of swift happenings, to pause for a moment and take stock—to recall what our place in history has been,...

To us there has come a time, in the midst of swift happenings, to pause for a moment and take stock—to recall what our place in history has been,...

To us there has come a time, in the midst of swift happenings, to pause for a moment and take stock—to recall what our place in history has been,...

To us there has come a time, in the midst of swift happenings, to pause for a moment and take stock—to recall what our place in history has been,...