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FDR: The world asks of us who at this moment are heads of nations the supreme capacity to achieve the destinies of nations…

On the recordSeptember 26, 1938
The world asks of us who at this moment are heads of nations the supreme capacity to achieve the destinies of nations without forcing upon them, as a price, the mutilation and death of millions of citizens.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Letter to Adolf Hitler Seeking Peace

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