FDR: “Let those who have hitherto not imbrued their hands with innocent…”

On the recordOctober 31, 1943

Let those who have hitherto not imbrued their hands with innocent blood beware lest they join the ranks of the guilty.

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Democratic · New York

Source

Joint Statement with Churchill and Stalin on Atrocities

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FDR: “Let those who have hitherto not imbrued their hands with innocent blood beware lest they join the ranks of the guilty.”