Four Freedoms Speech: Dictators Are Bullies (Sentences 96-100) Summary

...and Liars

  • FDR anticipates that the Axis powers will claim the United States is breaking international law and engaging in acts of war by handing out weapons to nations under Axis threat.
  • He says these are empty threats, and the United States won't be intimidated or deterred from helping fellow democracy-loving nations.
  • He also makes the point that any righteous indignation about international law claimed by dictators is ridiculous.
  • Dictators do whatever they want and care only about world domination.