FDR: “I call it historic because it is going to have a great influence on…”

On the recordJuly 6, 1944

I call it historic because it is going to have a great influence on all of humanity.

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Democratic · New York

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Toast at a State Luncheon for General de Gaulle

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FDR: “I call it historic because it is going to have a great influence on all of humanity.”