On the recordOctober 28, 1940
We Americans want peace and we shall prepare for a peace, but not for a peace whose definition is slavery or death.
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presidency.ucsb.eduFDR: “We Americans want peace and we shall prepare for a peace, but not for a peace whose definition is slavery or death.”
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Radio Address for the Drawing Under the Selective Service Act of 1940
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