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FDR: “If the people of Germany and Japan are made to realize thoroughly that the world is not going to let them break out…”

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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.
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Democratic · New York

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Roosevelt discusses the potential for Germany and Japan to abandon aggression if they understand the consequences.

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