Excerpts from the Press Conference
08/26/1940
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The bill is eminently fair to the States.
The coming victory of the United Nations means that they, and not their enemies, have power to establish the foundations...
We must always bear in mind that fact, when we speak or think of international relations.
Peace can endure only so long as humanity really insists upon it, and is willing to work for it- and sacrifice for it.