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Experience in other democratic Nations at war--Britain, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand--has shown that the very existence of national service makes unnecessary the widespread use of compulsory power.
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Roosevelt references the experiences of other democratic nations to argue that national service can reduce the need for compulsory measures.
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