On the recordJune 9, 1940
It is natural and understandable that the younger generation should first ask itself what the extension of the philosophy of force to all the world would lead to ultimately.
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presidency.ucsb.eduIt is natural and understandable that the younger generation should first ask itself what the extension of the philosophy of force to all the world would lead to ultimately.
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