FDR: “We cannot make America an island in either a military or an economic…”

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We cannot make America an island in either a military or an economic sense.

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Roosevelt emphasizes the importance of global interconnectedness in military and economic matters.

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FDR: “We cannot make America an island in either a military or an economic sense.”