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FDR: “And, above all, it shall not be imperiled by the handful of noisy traitors--betrayers of America, betrayers of…”

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And, above all, it shall not be imperiled by the handful of noisy traitors--betrayers of America, betrayers of Christianity itself-- would-be dictators who in their hearts and souls have yielded to Hitlerism and would have this Republic do likewise.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Roosevelt warns against traitors who would undermine American values during the war.

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