FDR: “We, and all others who believe as deeply as we do, would rather die on…”

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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Democratic · New York

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Message to the Special Convocation of the University of Oxford

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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.”