FDR: “Our Government believes that freedom from cruelty and inhuman…”

On the recordJune 19, 1941

Our Government believes that freedom from cruelty and inhuman treatment is a natural right.

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Democratic · New York

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Message to Congress on the Sinking of the Robin Moor

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FDR: “Our Government believes that freedom from cruelty and inhuman treatment is a natural right.”