Delegates to an American Youth Congress convention assembled on the south lawn of the White House in February, 1940 to hear a speech by the President. FDR referred to a resolution, passed by one of the Youth Congress, against the granting American aid to Finland on the ground
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Delegates to an American Youth Congress convention assembled on the south lawn of the White House in February, 1940 to hear a speech by the President. FDR referred to a resolution, passed by one of the Youth Congress, against the granting American aid to Finland on the ground that such action was "an attempt to force America into the imperialistic war." Roosevelt said,
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that such action was "an attempt to force America into the imperialistic war." Roosevelt said,
{{Cquote|In the early days of Communism, I recognized that many leaders in Russia were bringing education and better health and, above all, better opportunity to millions ... I disliked the regimentation ...I abhorred the indiscriminate killings of thousands of innocent victims ....
{{Cquote|In the early days of Communism, I recognized that many leaders in Russia were bringing education and better health and, above all, better opportunity to millions ... I disliked the regimentation ...I abhorred the indiscriminate killings of thousands of innocent victims ....
I heartily deprecated the banishment of religion - though I knew that some day Russia would return to religion for the simple reason that four or five thousand years of recorded history have proven that mankind has always believed in God in spite of many abortive attempts to exile God.
I heartily deprecated the banishment of religion - though I knew that some day Russia would return to religion for the simple reason that four or five thousand years of recorded history have proven that mankind has always believed in God in spite of many abortive attempts to exile God.