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FDR: We Americans have rejected every suggestion that ultimate security can be assured by closing our eyes to the fact that…

On the recordDecember 20, 1937
We Americans have rejected every suggestion that ultimate security can be assured by closing our eyes to the fact that whether we like it or not we are a part of a large world of other nations and peoples.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Exchange of Telegrams on Cooperation in Foreign Policies

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