Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

I am convinced that their action is indicative of the profound admiration felt in this country for the heroic stand of the British people against a barbarous foe.

Context

Reply to Prime Minister Churchill on Shipping Space for Private Donations to Britain

07/08/1942

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