FDR: “We are fighting this war and we are holding this election both for the…”

On the recordOctober 27, 1944

We are fighting this war and we are holding this election both for the same essential reason: because we have faith in democracy.

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Democratic · New York

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Address at Soldiers' Field, Chicago, Illinois

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