I know that I speak for the American people--and I have good reason to believe that I speak also for all the other peoples who fight with us--when I say that this time we are determined not only to win the war, but also to maintain the security of the peace that will follow.
Roosevelt expresses a collective determination among the Allies to secure peace after the war.
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