If the people of Germany and Japan are made to realize thoroughly that the world is not going to let them break out again, it is possible, and, I hope, probable, that they will abandon the philosophy of aggression--the belief that they can gain the whole world even at the risk of losing their own souls.
Roosevelt discusses the potential for Germany and Japan to abandon aggression if they understand the consequences.
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