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FDR: “If we are to survive, we cannot be soft in a world in which there are dangers that threaten Americans—dangers far more…”

On the recordSeptember 1, 1940
If we are to survive, we cannot be soft in a world in which there are dangers that threaten Americans—dangers far more deadly than were those that the frontiersmen had to face.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Address at Dedication of Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

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