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Let us not ask ourselves whether the Americas should begin to defend themselves after the first attack, or the fifth attack, or the tenth attack, or the twentieth attack.
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gutenberg.orgFDR: “Let us not ask ourselves whether the Americas should begin to defend themselves after the first attack, or the fifth…”
Editor's note · Context
Roosevelt stresses the urgency of defending the Americas before further attacks occur.
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