FDR: “No amount of legalistic argument can becloud this issue in the eyes of…”

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No amount of legalistic argument can becloud this issue in the eyes of these ten million American citizens.

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Democratic · New York

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Roosevelt argues that legal arguments cannot obscure the fundamental voting rights of millions of American citizens in the military.

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FDR: “No amount of legalistic argument can becloud this issue in the eyes of these ten million American citizens.”