In August, 1941, Prime Minister Churchill and I agreed to the principles of the Atlantic Charter, these being later incorporated into the Declaration by United Nations of January 1, 1942. At that time certain isolationists protested vigorously against our right to proclaim the principles-and against the very principles themselves.
"Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present"
Various
The so-called American isolationists were not pacifists who recommended refusal to take up arms in defense of their own country: most of them were patriots who would have been among the foremost to fight in defense of America.
"The Invisible Government"
Dan Smoot
They tried to place all the blame on the isolationists who had tried to keep us from making the ghastly mistake.
"The Invisible Government"
Dan Smoot