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Over a year and a half ago I said this to the Congress: "The militarists in Berlin, and Rome and Tokyo started this war, but the massed angered forces of common humanity will finish it.
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gutenberg.orgFDR: “Over a year and a half ago I said this to the Congress: "The militarists in Berlin, and Rome and Tokyo started this war…”
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Roosevelt reflects on the origins of World War II and the collective strength of humanity to overcome tyranny.
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