No shocker here: speeches by American presidents are going to include a teeny bit of patriotism, and FDR's "Great Arsenal of Democracy" speech wasn't any different. (Although we think he could have amped it up a bit by wearing one of those foam Statue of Liberty crowns.)

He talks a bit about how "American" isn't a one-size-fits-all category at the very beginning, when he addresses the severity of the Great Depression and the large variety of people impacted by it. He talks about people from all walks of life—from farmers and factory workers to widowers and shopkeepers.

After all, that's the very foundation of the United States: all sorts of people doing their thing and making it work.

But that was the problem, according to FDR. Whereas the American people were able to rebound and get on a path to fix the economic problems, other people around the world had simply been doing their thing when Nazi Germany barreled in and took over, throwing out discriminatory regulations and killing lots of innocent people.

FDR's speech was intended to get U.S. citizens invested in producing weapons and other supplies to support the Allied war effort. By appealing to the inherent feeling of patriotism in all people, they became invested in doing whatever it took to guarantee freedom for everyone.