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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Oct 27, 1944

After this war is won we must be prepared to move forward, in the implementation of these rights, to new goals of human happiness and well-being.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Oct 27, 1944

We owe it to all of our people who have given so much in this war—we owe it to our children—to keep that winning team together.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Oct 27, 1944

I have a conviction that the people of Indiana, the majority of the voters of Indiana, know that I am the same Franklin Roosevelt who started in campaigning twelve years ago.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Oct 26, 1944

These men could not have been armed, and they could not be equipped as they are, had it not been for the miracle of our production here back home.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Oct 26, 1944

I can speak as one who knows something of the feelings of a parent with sons who are in the battle line overseas.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Oct 26, 1944

I want to express the conviction that the greatest of our past American heroes... would consider themselves honored to be associated with our fighting men of today.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Oct 26, 1944

Our teamwork with our allies in this war has involved innumerable intricate problems.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Oct 26, 1944

May this country never forget that its power in this war has come from the efforts of its citizens, living in freedom and equality.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Oct 26, 1944

The most important fact in our national life today is the essential fact of eleven million young Americans in our armed forces.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Oct 26, 1944

I said this: 'We cannot wage this war in a defensive spirit.'

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Oct 26, 1944

The record will show that from almost the first minute of this Administration—I started to rebuild the United States Navy.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Oct 20, 1944

Concern for our national security does not end at our borders.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Oct 20, 1944

I like to think that the history of the Philippine Islands... provides in a very real sense a pattern for the future of other small Nations and peoples of the world.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Oct 20, 1944

We shall not again be thwarted in our will to live as a mature Nation, confronting limitless horizons.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Oct 20, 1944

The recognition in 1933 of Soviet Russia... is something that I am proud of.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Oct 20, 1944

Peace, like war, can succeed only where there is a will to enforce it.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Oct 20, 1944

I hope to come back here some day and see them play.

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