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" It seems to be unfortunately true that the epidemic of world lawlessness is spreading. When an epidemic of physical disease starts to spread, the community approves and joins in a quarantine of the patients in order to protect the health of the community... "
Establish the Composition of the United States Navy: Hearings Before the ... - Page 2024
by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Naval Affairs - 1938 - 953 pages
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Peace and War: United States Foreign Policy, 1931-1941, Volume 3, Issue 15

United States. Department of State - History - 1942 - 160 pages
...world lawlessness", and drew the parallel that in case of an epidemic of physical disease the community joins in a "quarantine" of the patients in order to...of the community against the spread of the disease. War, he said, is a "contagion" and can engulf states remote from the original scene of hostilities....
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American Foreign Policy in Growth and Action, Volume 3

Hilton Proctor Goss - United States - 1955 - 334 pages
...quarantine of aggressors. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S ADDRESS [Quarantine Speech], CHICAGO, OCTOBER 5, 1937: ... It seems to be unfortunately true that the epidemic...of the community against the spread of the disease. . . . War is a contagion, whether declared or undeclared. . . . We are determined to keep out of war,...
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Fool-proof Relations: The Search for Anglo-American Naval Cooperation During ...

Malcolm H. Murfett - History - 1984 - 360 pages
...Roosevelt's liking for analogy cast a veil of ambiguity over the most important part of his speech. It seems to be unfortunately true that the epidemic...of the community against the spread of the disease. ; Whatever the President's intention may have been, the reaction of public and media opinion around...
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Japan Prepares for Total War: The Search for Economic Security, 1919–1941

Michael A. Barnhart - Business & Economics - 1987 - 300 pages
...and international lawlessness." In the most striking passage of the speech he declared: It would seem to be unfortunately true that the epidemic of world...quarantine of the patients in order to protect the community against the spread of the disease.24 Roosevelt did not call for any specific measures, nor...
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American Foreign and National Security Policies, 1914-1945

Thomas H. Buckley, Edwin B. Strong - National security - 1987 - 228 pages
...described a "reign of terror and international lawlessness" of epidemic proportions. His solution — "When an epidemic of physical disease starts to spread,...the community against the spread of the disease." The nations of the world led by the United States should band together since "America hates war, America...
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FDR's Fireside Chats

Franklin Delano Roosevelt - Biography & Autobiography - 1992 - 364 pages
...along a section of new lakeshore highway. This address signaled a turning point: the president said "it seems to be unfortunately true that the epidemic...the community against the spread of the disease." That Roosevelt almost immediately backed away from the statement given the isolationist outcry does...
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Anxious Decades: America in Prosperity and Depression, 1920-1941

Michael E. Parrish - History - 1994 - 548 pages
...to say: "When an epidemic of physical disease starts to spread, the community approves and joins in quarantine of the patients in order to protect the...the community against the spread of the disease." What Roosevelt meant by "quarantine" is not entirely clear. At most, he probably contemplated an economic...
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To Save China, To Save Ourselves: The Chinese Hand Laundry Alliance of New York

Renqiu Yu - Business & Economics - 1995 - 274 pages
...stated in a speech given in Chicago that just as health officials must "quarantine" disease carriers "in order to protect the health of the community against the spread of disease," the United States should sponsor some form of international quarantine against aggressor...
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The Iron Trap Around America

Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn - Philosophy - 1993 - 260 pages
...will escape, that America may expect mercy, that this Western Hemisphere will not be attacked! . . . When an epidemic of physical disease starts to spread,...of the community against the spread of the disease. This pronouncement, so inflammatory, so provocative of war, caused unprecedented consternation in the...
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The Cambridge History of American Foreign Relations: Volume 3, The ...

Bradford Perkins, Akira Iriye, Walter LaFeber, Warren I. Cohen - History - 1993 - 258 pages
...— or "quarantine" — aggressive states. As he said, when an epidemic breaks out in a community, "the community approves and joins in a quarantine...the community against the spread of the disease." Likewise, in the international community, those with a disease (the disease of aggressiveness) must...
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