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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Jul 27, 1943

We shall not settle for less than total victory.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Jul 27, 1943

The criminal, corrupt Fascist regime in Italy is going to pieces.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Jul 27, 1943

The heaviest and most decisive fighting today is going on in Russia.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Jul 27, 1943

I hope that the Congress will help in carrying out this assurance.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Jul 27, 1943

The militarists of Berlin and Tokyo started this war.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Jul 26, 1943

I don't think it's useful for me to go into the details of hypothetical questions.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Jul 26, 1943

Well, of course, that did not happen in 1917 and 1918.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Jul 26, 1943

There are too many people in this country who go after a slogan, who simplify things down.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Jul 25, 1943

Our need for money now is greater than ever, and will continue to grow until the very day that Victory is won; so we must ask far more sacrifice, far more cooperation than ever before.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Jul 25, 1943

It is hereby ordered that the total number of women enlisted or appointed in the Women's Army Corps shall not exceed two hundred thousand.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Jul 25, 1943

The sole hope for Italy's survival lies in honorable capitulation to the overwhelming power of the military forces of the United Nations.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Jul 25, 1943

The time has come for you, the Italian people, to consult your own self-respect and your own interests and your own desire for a restoration of national dignity, security, and peace.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Jul 25, 1943

It is my earnest hope that every American will realize that in buying War Bonds in this Third War Loan he has an opportunity to express voluntarily and under the guidance of his conscience, the extent to which he will 'back the attack.'

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Jul 25, 1943

Your soldiers have fought not in the interests of Italy but for Nazi Germany.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Jul 25, 1943

I hereby invoke every citizen to give all possible aid and support to this Third War Loan drive.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Jul 22, 1943

We have been very anxious to have Rome declared an open city.

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