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FDR: “It is of little account for any of us to talk of essential human needs, of attaining security, if we run the risk of…”

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It is of little account for any of us to talk of essential human needs, of attaining security, if we run the risk of another World War in ten or twenty or fifty years.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt reflects on the futility of discussing human needs if future wars are not prevented.

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