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FDR: “We in all the Americas are coming to the realization that we can retain our respective nationalities without, at the…”

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We in all the Americas are coming to the realization that we can retain our respective nationalities without, at the same time, threatening the national existence of our neighbors.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Roosevelt discusses the balance between national identity and mutual respect among nations in the Americas.

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