01/28/1944
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"I find it impossible to subscribe, therefore, to the proposal that has been embodied in this Joint Resolution."
"Today we reaffirm our faith in the democratic ideal."
"Neither France nor the United States sought or seeks conquest; neither had nor has imperial designs."
"I pray God no hazard of the future may ever dissipate or destroy that common ideal."