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FDR: We, and all others who believe as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees.

On the recordJune 18, 1941
We, and all others who believe as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Message to the Special Convocation of the University of Oxford

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