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FDR: Our Nation covets no territory; it desires to hold no people against their will over whom it has gained sovereignty…

On the recordMarch 1, 1934
Our Nation covets no territory; it desires to hold no people against their will over whom it has gained sovereignty through war.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Message to Congress Regarding Independence for the Philippine Islands

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