• In the field of world policy; I would dedicate this nation to the policy of the good neighbor.

    Franklin D. Roosevelt: In the field of world policy; I would dedicate this nation to the policy of the good neighbor.
    First Inaugural Address, 4 Mar. 1933. According to Hans Sperber and Travis Trittschuh, American Political Terms: An Historical Dictionary, Herbert Hoover prominently used the term "good neighbor" during his tour of South America after the 1928 presidential election.