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FDR: It seems only fair that they should have this warning that the time will come when they shall have to stand in courts of…

On the recordJuly 29, 1943
It seems only fair that they should have this warning that the time will come when they shall have to stand in courts of law in the very countries which they are now oppressing and answer for their acts.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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