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Oct 5, 2018 · 10/05/2018 12:12 AM EDT. On this day in 1937, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in remarks aimed at Germany, Italy and Japan, called for a “quarantine” of aggressor nations. Without citing them ...
The Quarantine Speech was a speech given by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt in Chicago on October 5, 1937. The speech called for an international "quarantine" against the "epidemic of world lawlessness" by aggressive nations as an alternative to the political climate of American neutrality and non-intervention that was prevalent at the time.
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May 30, 2013 · In October 1937, President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave a speech in Chicago titled "Quarantine the Aggressor," in which he challenged Americans and the world to take action to prevent the outbreak ...
Franklin Roosevelt speaks of the atrocities taking place abroad, including the disregarding of treaties and invasions of foreign lands. The President also warns of America’s likely confrontation with the aggressors. In addition, he suggests to “quarantine” these nations to ensure the preservation of peace and freedom throughout the world.
Extract. On october 5, 1937, President Franklin D. Roosevelt aroused the democratic world by calling for a quarantine of the aggressor nations. Since that morning in Chicago there has always been uncertainty as to how the President meant to implement his speech. A review of the available documents concerning the aftermath of the quarantine ...
- John McV. Haight
- 1962
defeat at Brussels was President Roosevelt and the policy which failed to be adopted was that of a quarantine, of containment, of the aggressor nations. I The opinion that Roosevelt backed down immediately after his Chicago speech in the face of public opposition has been widely accepted.1 At first glance this conclusion rests upon good evi-
Significance. By giving this speech, Roosevelt signaled his desire to shift from the traditional US Policy of non-interference in wars, and adopt a more aggressive stance, though short of complete war. The US President did not specifically mention which ‘aggressors’ he referred to in his speech, but it was an ill-hidden reference to Japan ...
