Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

It is in the national interest of the United States, as well as the joint interest of the United States and the other peace-loving Nations, that the destruction and devastation of war be repaired and that the foundations for a secure peace be laid.

Context

Letter to the Foreign Economic Administration on Postwar Policies

09/28/1944

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