Excerpts from the Press Conference
07/20/1942
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The American people rejoice with me in the liberation of your Capital.
Peace can endure only so long as humanity really insists upon it, and is willing to work for it- and sacrifice for it.
We are a Nation of free people, and free people know how to go over the top- whether it's a Nazi wall, a Japanese island...
Through the Boards, former occupied countries are being helped to start up their manufacturing because we want to ease s...