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FDR: The morale of a people is an essential supplement to their guns and planes.

On the recordSeptember 10, 1940
The morale of a people is an essential supplement to their guns and planes.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Address at Teamsters Union Convention, Washington, D.C.

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