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FDR: Third, by an impressive expression of the public will and without regard to partisanship, we are committed to the…

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Third, by an impressive expression of the public will and without regard to partisanship, we are committed to the proposition that principles of morality and considerations for our own security will never permit us to acquiesce in a peace dictated by aggressors and sponsored by appeasers.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Roosevelt asserts that moral principles must guide the U.S. stance against aggressors in peace negotiations.

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