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We know now that if we lose this war it will be generations or even centuries before our conception of democracy can live again.
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gutenberg.orgFDR: “We know now that if we lose this war it will be generations or even centuries before our conception of democracy can…”
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In this statement, Roosevelt warns of the long-term consequences for democracy if the Allies were to lose the war.
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