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FDR: We have the will and the power to teach her the cost of treachery and deceit.

On the recordOctober 19, 1944
We have the will and the power to teach her the cost of treachery and deceit.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Statement on the Landing of American Troops in the Philippines

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