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FDR: “There has now come a time when you and I must see the cold inexorable necessity of saying to these inhuman, unrestrained…”

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There has now come a time when you and I must see the cold inexorable necessity of saying to these inhuman, unrestrained seekers of world conquest and permanent world domination by the sword: "You seek to throw our children and our children's children into your form of terrorism and slavery.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt calls for a recognition of the urgent threat posed by those seeking world domination through violence.

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