Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

We must now build on the foundations that have already been laid, and supplement the measures now in operation, in order to guarantee the production that may be necessary in the critical period that lies ahead.

Context

Radio Address Summarizing the State of the Union Message

01/05/1945

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