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FDR: “Not all of us can participate in direct action against our enemies; but all of us can participate in the saving of our…”

On the recordAugust 30, 1942
Not all of us can participate in direct action against our enemies; but all of us can participate in the saving of our national manpower.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Address at the Dedication of the Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland

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