It is not a sacrifice for the industrialist or the wage earner, the farmer or the shopkeeper, the trainman or the doctor, to pay more taxes, to buy more bonds, to forego extra profits, to work longer or harder at the task for which he is best fitted.
Roosevelt states that contributing more through taxes and work is not a sacrifice but a necessary part of supporting the war effort.
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I do know it will come, and I do know that tonight there are over seven and a half million Americans overseas or fighting afloat in this great war.
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It has served as a link between the fighting man and his loved ones here at home.
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