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Franklin D. Roosevelt: “Never before since Jamestown and Plymouth Rock has our American civilization been in such danger as now.”

On the recordDecember 29, 1940
Never before since Jamestown and Plymouth Rock has our American civilization been in such danger as now.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Discussing the current global crisis and its implications for America.

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