03/09/1938
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"It is useless to win battles if the cause for which we fight these battles is lost."
"I like to remember on this significant anniversary the words of a contemporary poet: 'Columbus found a world and had no chart, save one that faith deciphered in the skies.'"
"The American people are united as never before in their determination to do a job and to do it well."
"Whatever our individual circumstances or opportunities—we are all in it, and our spirit is good."