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FDR: “Twenty-one American Republics, expressing the will of two hundred and fifty million people to preserve peace and freedom…”

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Twenty-one American Republics, expressing the will of two hundred and fifty million people to preserve peace and freedom in this Hemisphere, are displaying a unanimity of ideals and practical relationships which gives hope that what is being done here can be done on other continents.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt highlights the unity of American Republics in promoting peace and freedom.

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