FDR: “The better world for which you fight—and for which some of you give…”

On the recordSeptember 2, 1942

The better world for which you fight—and for which some of you give your lives—will not come merely because we shall have won the war.

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Democratic · New York

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Address to the International Student Assembly

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FDR: “The better world for which you fight—and for which some of you give your lives—will not come merely because we shall…”