"Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941, a date which will live in infamy... no matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion, the American people, in their righteous might, will win through to absolute victory."
World War II
Memorial
This quote was part of President Roosevelt's addressed to a joint session of Congress and the Nation on 8 December 1941, stating that a state of war existed between the United States and Imperial Japan.