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FDR: We should not stain our names before posterity by cruel and inhuman acts.

On the recordMay 24, 1943
We should not stain our names before posterity by cruel and inhuman acts.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Excerpts from the Joint Press Conference with Prime Minister Churchill

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