PS: to those of you who feel it appropriate to turn such a moving video into a political debate, shame on you. Let us give thanks to the men and women who, for the history of this country as we know, have laid down their lives for America, the greatest country in the world. Honor our vets and our now serving troops and take moment of pause for people like my grandfathers who served during this war and for people like my dad and son-in-law who have served and do serve.
@luvjennj I couldn't agree with you more. I only wish I had met my grandfather, who also fought in WWII, and tell him thank you for making my country and myself possible.
FDR was one of the, if not the best speaker we have ever had as a president. When you hear his voice, it doesn't matter if you agree with him or not, you just sit down and listen intently.
FDR will be the next president to be canonized. It takes time, but he will get there. Right now, only Washington and Lincoln have entered presidential "sainthood".
@sushiking1223 I hear ya. It was more a figure of speech than anything else. It may have been more accurate to say that Washington and Lincoln are the only two who have become forms of legend in American society. FDR seems the next likely candidate to join them.
Including how little is known of what happened to the Native American-Aleuts who lived in the Aleutian Islands as these too were sent to internment camps under deplorable conditions.
WAR IS NOT HEALTHY FOR CHILDREN AND OTHER LIVING THINGS.
@Union45 - what would YOU have done? the US was trying to figure out in REAL time how to manage this horrible attack... very similiar to what Bush had to do when 9/11 happened. how fast people forgot that he implemented some of the things that have KEPT the US safe since and Obama, who said he would abolish, has left in place.. how come everyone has to make it a political slant? it was an attack against the US.. not just Democrats or Republicans. what a bunch of asses you folks are
lol, you really need to get a life high school trash and learn to read, take a better history lesson, and think about what you type and post before you do it. as far as defending Hitler for pointing out the fact the Japanese where not Nazi, your a douche bag.
@SlingBlade79 I will have to say that the japanese my not have been nazis but they where just as bad if no worse then nazis.the astrocities that the japanese did made the holacast look tame yet their wrong were sweep under the rug.
@chemislife I do agree with that chem, they had a habit of torturing their own and their POW's as well. I was just trying to state a fact to the other person about the Japanese. This speech was written because of the bombing of pearl harbor, which was bombed by the Japanese, not the Germans.
I can honestly say that while i dont not like FDR at all. (please dont bash im not here to argue) I really do love this speech. Its one of my favorites
@countolaf32 He was an idiot too that would have invaded an ally - the The Hague Invasion Act.
Sometimes it is rather easy to see through a person. Bush was one of the worst presidents your country ever had. Probably like Reagan (who was very reckless, very dishonest and terrible in domestic policies), Obama or Carter.
back then, because of FDR, we were feared by all of our enemies. today, anyone and everyone would attack us without hesitation. FDR- the best president in american history.
@blindMAN219 its just the fact that there was no lilberalisum in america at that time, so no one cared how we fought and what we did to our enemy, if we used the same play book, out military would be done and home from both afgahanistan and iraq
@blindMAN219 its just the fact that there was no lilberalisum in america at that time, so no one cared how we fought and what we did to our enemy, if we used the same play book, our military would be done and home from both afgahanistan and iraq
The greatest president in our history. The most articulate president in our history. The most beloved president in our history. The most compassionate and benevolent president in our country. The most honest and righteous president in our country. The epitome of a great politician. He was and will always be known as FDR.
@southparkfan2717 Since when was this war about Democrats or Republicans? Last time I checked, it was about unity throughout the entire country to make sure you were able to type that comment. Be grateful, sir.
One of the greatest presidents we have ever had. He dealt with adversity head-on and was a great ambassador of democracy for the entire world. This speech still gives me goosebumps after hearing it 100 + times. God Bless the USA
Russia won World War II. Accept it, or accept the fact that wherever you may have obtained your knowledge on the war that the source is misguided, misinformed, or skewed for political and/or propagandist purposes. The entry of the United States in the war served as a means to minimize further losses for the Allied forces. Dropping two Atomic bombs does not constitute military victory under any constituents, but no one here can argue that it caused the surrender of Japan.
Are you serious? The Russian NEVER fought in the pacific, not one battle!! Our Soldiers and Marines (mostly) kicked the Japs ass. I'm not sure what history books you got your info from, probably the Communist manifesto by the sounds of it. Take Care Commissar!!!
@mvm71 , Uh, they did fight the Japanese though, they invaded Manchuria and routed the Japanese forces there during the last month of the war. That was a part of the Yalta agreement of Russian entry into the war 3 months after the surrender of Germany (it took the Russians that long to move their armies across Siberia).
@DeeStylistic That is a way over simplification of what happened during the war. For example, if Japan had decided to attack the USSR instead of the US, there is no way the Soviets would have had their Siberian troops travel to protect Moscow and counterattack in December 1941. Without the Chinese and Russians bleeding the Japanese and Germans, there is no victory. And the Chinese and Russians do not win without US materials, air power or navy helping.
@DeeStylistic Wow...Id hate to see the history book you were taught from. Sounds like some old USSR text book. Yes, we know Russia got to Berlin first, but Europe was not the only front nor was it the end of the war. It was only when WE, the USA, bombed Herosima and Nagasaki that Japan surrendered in Tokyo Bay on the USS Missouri, 2 September 1945. It was not until Japan surrendered that WWII was declaired OVER.
@Cabooze, Britain's economy was out producing the German economy during the early war, especially in the production of fighter aircraft such as the Spitfire and Hurricane, and Operation Sea Lion (the planned invasion of Britain) was postponed indefinitely due to the fact that yes, 26 miles of English Channel was not much of an obstacle, but the fighters and pilots of the RAF were, an invasion of Britain would have been suicide without air superiority for the Germans
There are 104,000 AMERICANS buried in Europe. The troop's ingenuity and massive AMERICAN productivity won the war....not FDR, no particular general, no pentagon desk jockey, no entertainer...just blood and guts. Also we didn't have today's effeminate leadership, ass kissing generals focused on themselves... and the troops were allowed to do what war is all about ....killing and destroying until the will of the enemy is broken. the military are not social workers and hearts and minds is bullshit
@zzwhale What you are talking about is chaos, nothing would get accomplished without leaders like FDR, and D.D. Eisenhower. You are correct that the heroes are the ones who lost there lives on the front lines, but they fought under the guidance of great leaders who, through strategic planning, saved countless more American lives.
The word democrat has changed its meaning a lot since Jackson and Lincoln. What we know as the republican party did not exist until 1854. Lincoln wasn't exactly Liberal either.
Great speech and great video. Brilliantly spoken, I love FDR's use of alliteration in this speech. One of the greatest and most pivotal moments in US and world history.
And Reagan's economics were nothing new, he just sold them better. Supply Side economics with regressive taxes and lasse faire philosophy have never been sucessful really because to do it and make it work you have to be like Reagan and quadruple the national debt.
Things like "government is the problem" are absurd to me. One of the government's responsibilities is to protect the economy and there's no better example of that than FDR.
I think I've stumbled upon the FDR Fan Club. Which I'm not denigrating: He was one of our greatest presidents.
And I can't see any point in debating "Lincoln vs. FDR." What's the point?
BUT . . . as much as many on here won't want to hear it, you aren't going to find many historians who give FDR credit for "ending the Great Depression." That was a result of the war in Europe. When FDR took office, unemployment was at almost 25%. In 1938, it was still at 19%. By 1943, it was 1.9%.
While FDR was a amazing president, he didn't apply key economic strategies like the laffer curve like Reagan he didn't reduce the communist threat that is russia like Reagan, and he was not a republican. Which is a terrible mistake.
I rather doubt Reagan's economic policies were as super successful as you think. As for the Soviet Union, the inherent weaknesses of their system had more to due with the collapse of Communism than Reagsn.
So obviously you're a Reagan fan so I really would like to know why? Why can you compare Reagan to FDR who is easily top 3 presidents of all time. FDR who implimented the New Deal and all the tenents it came with and at the same time lead us through WWII and was president for 12 years. I just don't get what Reagan actually did that was so monumental it's comprable to the New Deal or WWII. I know people liked low taxes payed for by Japan and big guns but I just don't get it. What did he do?
not that i'm anti-FDR but the war,although it was very justified, brought along more econimic restraints than the Iraq war.Also known as the DEPRESSION!!Reagan had a vision for presidency. On the domestic front, he advocated Reaganomics,which called for a reduction in taxes as a means of stimulating the economy.Although Reaganomics was not a complete success.the national debt soared.20 million jobs were created during the Reagan presidency.Eisenhower was who won WW2.FDR just took credit
Under Reagan 16 million jobs were created which is one thing I think he did well on. 18.6 million jobs were created under the New Deal along with agressive investments in domestic improvement programs. WWII got us out of the Depression so I think you're just mistaken on that one. Truman was actually president when WWII ended and I give him credit for ending it b/c he made the A-Bomb decision. FDR mobilized the nation for war. Eisenhower won Europe. FDR was more fiscally responsible than Reagan.
@AAAngels06 Yeah, read a history book. The depression started in 1928. FDR was elected in response to the Great Depression. The economic restraints were necessary. Unlike the current Iraq War, there was serious worry that the US could very well be invaded or worse unless they did everything to win that war. (Or "Total War") God, even republicans must think you're dumb.
Are You nuts or something, do you you know that this ww2 against Germany and japan and Russia was our Allie. And what does he was not a republican mean. All of our historic wars were fought with democrats as president{Jackson, Wilson, Roosevelt} except for the the civil war who was Lincoln but he was a Liberal as we all know.
FDR is the modle president Ragan is a conservative, republican actor. he is not evene a quater as good as FDR I do not evene think Ragan qualifies as a good president
and about the communist tension thing, it could have ended a decade before rRagan if JFK was not assasssinated
Less than three hours after this address, Congress almost unanimously voted for the "Declaration of War" [the lone holdout was Rep. Jeannette Rankin of Montana, who declared herself a pacifist]. F.D.R. signed the Declaration at 4pm(et) that afternoon.
FDR was truly a great president. If only the world had leaders like him, men of dignity, honor , respect!! These were the days when people looked up to their leaders.
My grandfather, an American of Norwegian descent, was a staunch Republican prior to 1929. When the crash came, he eventually lost his farm like so many did. He later joined the WPA and become a strong Roosevelt man---no one criticized FDR in his presence. He had faith in the man because he felt he was trying to do something.
I never had the pleasure of meeting you Grandfather, so this one is for you.
My grandpa is Chinese. He remembered this man until the day he died. He used to tell me stories of a slightly crippled hero leading the world in a fight against evil empires and drawing all his strengths from moral strengths alone. That was a different America.
We in Europe should never forget how much we owe this man and America. One of the very greatest presidents if not the greatest ever. His memory is honored all over the world.
FDR is the greatest president of all time. This man was careless, putting his country before his very own life and cared for this nation. He brought us out of The Great Depression, and lead us through victory of World War II. If he were alive still in that time period, that man would be in office for more than 12 years. R.I.P. FDR. We need someone of of your intelligence and caliber around in the 21st century.
I don't think reuniting the country and ending slavery is in the same caliber as ending the Great Depression and fighting a war in two fronts against three enemies. Keep in mind they weren't crappy enemies, they were the most powerful Empire's of their time(except Italy) and had a LOT of experience.
"This form of treachery will never again endanger us". FDR must be rolling in his grave. Why aren't there leaders like him around anymore? It seems like I am living in the movie 'Idiocracy'.
I am researching for a novel and was looking for the time of the speech. I heard it in person in California in my elementary school. To those who wish to have lived then, millions of us are still glad we did. I have definitely enjoyed the comments and reliving that radio speech was a new awakening! Ours is a sad time.
I agree. FDR was the last president who could state a logical objective for a war and who knew how to prosecute it to conclusion. We should be grateful to Truman for knowing how to end it, but Truman also got us involved in Korea and did so without approval of the U.S. Congress. It has been downhill from there.
I have to say that ever since Eisenhower left the presidentcy our government has been taken over by the corroupt. Lincon once said that when the people grow weary of the government, they can over throw them. The government has lied to us eversince Vietnam, we must reform our government to make Democracy work again, why do you think New orleans is rebuilding them selves without much help from the governemt, why do you think we still have the pour and have a strouggleing middle class?
What a wonderful president for such dangerous times. The emotion & authority in his speech is SO powerful and would make you jump to join the Forces right away. The US is such a force for good in the World it's just a shame the last 7 years have tainted this. 9/11 was shocking but the WRONG countries were attacked. The US should have gone after Pakistan, Saudi Arabia & Iran if they wanted to defeat the cradles of anti-Western terror....and why have they still not done this?
OIL thats why. If any country is responsible for 9/11 its Saudia Arabia. 15 of 19 hijackers from Saudia Arabia and we attack afghanistan? Then Iraq? This "war on terror" is a fucking joke. Also Pakistan has nukes and Iran probably has Nukes. THe U.S. isnt stupid. we attacked IRAQ because they didnt pose a threat! It was political strategy concocted by Rove.
I doubt that. The Nazis couldn't, or wouldn't, invade Britain when they had the opportunity and the UK was outproducing them by war's end. The US also had the Manhattan Project. The kicker might have been if Stalin had allied himself with the Nazis but that was highly unlikely as long as Hitler remained in power.
It would have been a longer and bloodier war without the Russians however.
IF Russia wasn't in the war, the what, 1 million troops sent to Operation Barbarossa would have been sent to Africa. Yes, Britain was outproducing Germany at the END of the war, when the US and UK bombed the crap out of their cities. Again, 1941: No USSR against Germany, UK would have been overrun in Africa and I doubt that 20 miles would of kept Germany at bay from the UK.
There was no USSR against Germany from September 1, 1940 to June, 1941. Yet the Nazis failed to launch Operation Sea Lion in that period. Also, the reports I've read had the British outproducing the Germans near the end of the Battle of Britain. Hitler was lax on the Home Front and failed to use women in war production as the Allies did.
"What ifs" are fun to speculate but serve no useful purpose.
There were was no USSR during that period, but mobilizing, training, moving, and preparing 3.5 million troops takes some time to organize. Let's forget the front in North Africa, so we have Germany fighting in North Africa, bombing England and organizing their future attack against the USSR.
the reason why the germans were kept at bay from the UK was because the Luftwaffe couldn't gain air superiority over the RAF, don't forget the the UK had a small but strong airforce, and hitler didn't want to risk his ships going to UK without the assurance that they wouldn't be bombed by the RAF
@Cabooze You mean if it weren't for the Americans! The "Liberators of the Oppressed"!!! Russia was on the verge of capitulation! Operation Barbarossa, 25,000,000 Russians dead! Stalin was begging for an Allied invasion.
You got to love Reagan! It took real leadership to sell Iran all those missiles back in the eighties in exchange for prolonging the hostage crisis so that Carter lost the election in #80. Those wha' the days.
DOnt forget He sold them weapons to Iran and at the same time he was AMRING SADDAAM to fight against them! His "trickle down" bullshit ballooned the deficit and increased inequality. The economy did grow under Regan bu theres only one problem: IT grew for the wealthiest 1%. His "war on drugs" has led to exorbitant incarceration rates of among non-violient offenders. He was better than Both Bushes though. Ill give him that much.
Reagan ended the Cold War, he's got that on him. Lincoln ended slavery, and Roosevelt led us through WWII and Truman finished it. We've had great presidents both Democratic and Republican.
Powerful speech. FDR is one of my favorite presidents. Thanks for uploading this, especially since for my public speaking class I'm going to be giving this same speech, and hearing how FDR said helps me learn how to give it.
@AmersfoortTristan I know, when I recall that Roosevelt expanded the Supreme Court just to bypass the political system to promote his agenda, I was filled with awe and reverence.
desert fox 8 pretends to be a historian but agrees with the nazis to the fullest, to say the allies committed crimes is true, but all of us were forced to reply in the wake of overpowering evil, in this wake we had no choice in some of the actions we took, screw you desert fox 8, dont pretend to be something your not
it's somewhat amazing that japan changed from a xenophobic and agressive empire into such a modern and innovative society in only half a century. we dropped two atomic bombs on them, and now they're one of our best allies. i wonder if it had something to do with the insanely strong code of honor in their armed forces, since we defeated them now they pay us great respect. any other country would resent us forever.
well what can they do but play nice with America? all around Japan are neighbors who HATE them because of what Japan did to them during WWII. this includes China, both Koreas, Philippines, and just about every other Eastern Asian country that exists. the fact that America keeps an army there means that they can have some protection in case someone decides to pay Japan back, especially if its China...
Those are powerful words right there, it gives me chills when I hear him rattle off the list of invasions. The Pacific War is so amazing to read through and study, and yet I often forget that people were living through this first hand. It's like nothing any of us have ever seen, the War on Terror pales in comparison to the total war of WW2.
I fully agree, the Eastern front was so massive that it has been my main focus when reading up on WW2. I love the history of the Soviet Union, and I think that Stalin was a fascinating leader, not a good one by any means, but fascinating nevertheless. Other than the Battle of Britain, D-Day, and the massive bombardment of German cities, I can't think of much of the Western front that compares to that of the East. 27 million dead Soviets too, what a shame.
although china had more casulties, i once red about 30 milion, altough it depens on when they started to count them, since china was invaded in the 30ties
Yeah but the Sino-Japanese war was just a waste of life. All of it was, I know, but the Chinese had little hope of driving out the Japanese due to the disparity in weapons technology and resources. The experiments done on the Chinese were even more sickening than the ones done on the Jews, with prisoners being hit with grenades, bullets, stabbed, etc. just to see how long it took them to die. Ugh, the Japanese made the Nazis look like angels.
honestly I don't think that the Japanese are worse than the Nazis, but than of course I only know what the nazis did, and I don't know anything of what the Japanese did.
Germany killed an estimated (low 6 million - high 11 million) Jews. BUT that does not include the casualties suffered by Russian Civilians. Japan in China (low 9 millon high 13 million) + about another 8 million from starvation and desease. I honestly believe thefacts are that the Germans were resonsible for more deaths, but the point Finger2212 is making is very true. The japanese were much more sadistic and savage.
we can go on and discus about who was the most sadistic, it depends on how you look at it, just to keep my comment sort, both of them commited horrible crimes against mankind, it doesn't matter who killed the most or who was the most sadistic
What makes the Nazi crimes more horrific are the fact that they betrayed the enlightenment. The Germans had an amazingly efficient system of killing and they were outright obsessed with LEGALIZING the murder, not just doing it. Basically, they crushed all the hopes and dreams of the west to rise above pettiness and radicalism with the help of science, universal understanding, blah blah blah. To this day, philosophy and criticism is "Post-modern" constantly refuting enlightenment thought.
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I'm an American, and I don't approve of Germany's assault on the world as much as the next guy, but they were really close to taking over if God hadn't stepped in...
God bless American and it believe
KEEPINGit200 1 month ago
God bless america
Bluewaffles87 1 month ago
US needs a president like FDR.
jasperhale83 1 month ago
Remember Dec. 7th 1941. You are not forgotten.
TheAce707 1 month ago
December 7th, 1941
Les We Forget !!
PANCHOVILLAMATO 1 month ago 2
Best speech next to Abraham Lincolns Gettysburg address.
Fearlessfranek 1 month ago
PS: to those of you who feel it appropriate to turn such a moving video into a political debate, shame on you. Let us give thanks to the men and women who, for the history of this country as we know, have laid down their lives for America, the greatest country in the world. Honor our vets and our now serving troops and take moment of pause for people like my grandfathers who served during this war and for people like my dad and son-in-law who have served and do serve.
luvjennj 1 month ago
@luvjennj I couldn't agree with you more. I only wish I had met my grandfather, who also fought in WWII, and tell him thank you for making my country and myself possible.
SlashingThunder 1 month ago
Haunting and moving...a day no American should ever forget...before there was 9/11 there was December 7th, 1941. God bless America and our troops.
luvjennj 1 month ago
69 years and 364 days ago, this happened
Earthboy98765 1 month ago
You see Democrats this is how you fight a war, something you know nothing about.
glockchem 1 month ago 3
@SASmoonsfire He's not defending him... He just thought that you were wrong, sheesh.
GECP4256 2 months ago
epic
TheVFXREEL 2 months ago
I'll never agree with FDR domestic/economic policies, but he was an amazing war-time President.
JohnnyC133 6 months ago
FDR was one of the, if not the best speaker we have ever had as a president. When you hear his voice, it doesn't matter if you agree with him or not, you just sit down and listen intently.
sushiking1223 7 months ago 2
@sushiking1223 I agree. Years ago. Speeches were worth listening to. They were short and to the point.
LBF522 5 months ago
1. Washington
2. Lincoln
3. FDR
FDR will be the next president to be canonized. It takes time, but he will get there. Right now, only Washington and Lincoln have entered presidential "sainthood".
USA1848 7 months ago
@USA1848 I'm not denying that these were all great people, but I find it hard to canonize a politician. That's just my opinion.
sushiking1223 7 months ago
@sushiking1223 I hear ya. It was more a figure of speech than anything else. It may have been more accurate to say that Washington and Lincoln are the only two who have become forms of legend in American society. FDR seems the next likely candidate to join them.
USA1848 7 months ago
@sushiking1223 I agree. Roosevelt was a great leader but he was not a perfect man.
LBF522 5 months ago
@USA1848 FDR put japanese in concentration camps in the US. "Sainthood" for FDR? no way.
Union45 2 months ago
@Union45 Internment camps. Concentration camps produce emaciated dead bodies that go into crematoria and/or become bars of soap.
glockchem 1 month ago
@Union45
Including how little is known of what happened to the Native American-Aleuts who lived in the Aleutian Islands as these too were sent to internment camps under deplorable conditions.
WAR IS NOT HEALTHY FOR CHILDREN AND OTHER LIVING THINGS.
May Peace Find Us All!
breachborn 1 month ago
@Union45 - what would YOU have done? the US was trying to figure out in REAL time how to manage this horrible attack... very similiar to what Bush had to do when 9/11 happened. how fast people forgot that he implemented some of the things that have KEPT the US safe since and Obama, who said he would abolish, has left in place.. how come everyone has to make it a political slant? it was an attack against the US.. not just Democrats or Republicans. what a bunch of asses you folks are
rmallico 1 month ago
lol, you really need to get a life high school trash and learn to read, take a better history lesson, and think about what you type and post before you do it. as far as defending Hitler for pointing out the fact the Japanese where not Nazi, your a douche bag.
SlingBlade79 7 months ago
@SlingBlade79 I will have to say that the japanese my not have been nazis but they where just as bad if no worse then nazis.the astrocities that the japanese did made the holacast look tame yet their wrong were sweep under the rug.
chemislife 7 months ago in playlist famous speeches
@chemislife I do agree with that chem, they had a habit of torturing their own and their POW's as well. I was just trying to state a fact to the other person about the Japanese. This speech was written because of the bombing of pearl harbor, which was bombed by the Japanese, not the Germans.
SlingBlade79 7 months ago
@SASmoonsfire get a life, the Japanese where not Nazis
SlingBlade79 7 months ago
I can honestly say that while i dont not like FDR at all. (please dont bash im not here to argue) I really do love this speech. Its one of my favorites
Spartan265 9 months ago
@countolaf32 He was an idiot too that would have invaded an ally - the The Hague Invasion Act.
Sometimes it is rather easy to see through a person. Bush was one of the worst presidents your country ever had. Probably like Reagan (who was very reckless, very dishonest and terrible in domestic policies), Obama or Carter.
I'll Roosevelt any day of the week.
AmersfoortTristan 10 months ago
FDR needs to be on Mt. Rushmore along with his cousin, Teddy.
TheTraumarama 11 months ago 3
Dang Japs killed 2000 + people just to get America into the war
JelloManJett 1 year ago
@christopherdodds1 oh yeah no doubt about i
blindMAN219 1 year ago
back then, because of FDR, we were feared by all of our enemies. today, anyone and everyone would attack us without hesitation. FDR- the best president in american history.
blindMAN219 1 year ago
@blindMAN219 its just the fact that there was no lilberalisum in america at that time, so no one cared how we fought and what we did to our enemy, if we used the same play book, out military would be done and home from both afgahanistan and iraq
christopherdodds1 1 year ago
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@blindMAN219 its just the fact that there was no lilberalisum in america at that time, so no one cared how we fought and what we did to our enemy, if we used the same play book, our military would be done and home from both afgahanistan and iraq
christopherdodds1 1 year ago
The greatest president in our history. The most articulate president in our history. The most beloved president in our history. The most compassionate and benevolent president in our country. The most honest and righteous president in our country. The epitome of a great politician. He was and will always be known as FDR.
wannytheviking 1 year ago 4
You see Republicans, this is how you declare War, something you know nothing about.
southparkfan2717 1 year ago 12
@southparkfan2717 - at least the Republicans WILL declare war...
rmallico 1 month ago
@southparkfan2717 Since when was this war about Democrats or Republicans? Last time I checked, it was about unity throughout the entire country to make sure you were able to type that comment. Be grateful, sir.
Veektoereeah 1 month ago
@Veektoereeah I'm not talking about the war. I'm talking about the declaration of war. This is the last time we did it.
southparkfan2717 1 month ago
I mean extraordinary :)
tomster927 1 year ago
Extraordianary man, extraordinary speech. Thanks for posting it in its entirety (including Rayburn's into.)
tomster927 1 year ago
Really who can dislike this even japs??
goofoffman411 1 year ago
Damn they knew how to give a speech back in 41'
Falkirion 1 year ago 17
I agree, the speech deserves to be played in it's entirety. Thank you.
deemixdee 1 year ago 2
Very lively video" mostly for the Youngest. Great job.
mariejoseeable 1 year ago
One of the greatest presidents we have ever had. He dealt with adversity head-on and was a great ambassador of democracy for the entire world. This speech still gives me goosebumps after hearing it 100 + times. God Bless the USA
CharlesPopick 1 year ago 2
How is there ANY dislikes?
AESquirrel 1 year ago
@AESquirrel They must be from those jap simpatisers.
russianlegionaire 1 year ago
@AESquirrel "How ARE there any dislikes?" Probably conspiracy theory nut cases.
voted4bush 1 year ago
if a sick man could do so much then .. one wonders how much we could accomplish
kaindrg 1 year ago
Thanks for posting this! All the other vids cut out the most important words ...
guyNbluejeans 1 year ago
Thank you for including the entire speech. Most are cut short.
rikelprice 1 year ago 2
Russia won World War II. Accept it, or accept the fact that wherever you may have obtained your knowledge on the war that the source is misguided, misinformed, or skewed for political and/or propagandist purposes. The entry of the United States in the war served as a means to minimize further losses for the Allied forces. Dropping two Atomic bombs does not constitute military victory under any constituents, but no one here can argue that it caused the surrender of Japan.
DeeStylistic 1 year ago
@DeeStylistic
Are you serious? The Russian NEVER fought in the pacific, not one battle!! Our Soldiers and Marines (mostly) kicked the Japs ass. I'm not sure what history books you got your info from, probably the Communist manifesto by the sounds of it. Take Care Commissar!!!
mvm71 1 year ago
@mvm71 , Uh, they did fight the Japanese though, they invaded Manchuria and routed the Japanese forces there during the last month of the war. That was a part of the Yalta agreement of Russian entry into the war 3 months after the surrender of Germany (it took the Russians that long to move their armies across Siberia).
CArchivist 1 year ago
@DeeStylistic That is a way over simplification of what happened during the war. For example, if Japan had decided to attack the USSR instead of the US, there is no way the Soviets would have had their Siberian troops travel to protect Moscow and counterattack in December 1941. Without the Chinese and Russians bleeding the Japanese and Germans, there is no victory. And the Chinese and Russians do not win without US materials, air power or navy helping.
CArchivist 1 year ago
@DeeStylistic Wow...Id hate to see the history book you were taught from. Sounds like some old USSR text book. Yes, we know Russia got to Berlin first, but Europe was not the only front nor was it the end of the war. It was only when WE, the USA, bombed Herosima and Nagasaki that Japan surrendered in Tokyo Bay on the USS Missouri, 2 September 1945. It was not until Japan surrendered that WWII was declaired OVER.
cardinalsboi22 1 year ago
@Cabooze, Britain's economy was out producing the German economy during the early war, especially in the production of fighter aircraft such as the Spitfire and Hurricane, and Operation Sea Lion (the planned invasion of Britain) was postponed indefinitely due to the fact that yes, 26 miles of English Channel was not much of an obstacle, but the fighters and pilots of the RAF were, an invasion of Britain would have been suicide without air superiority for the Germans
grumpybugger 1 year ago
There are 104,000 AMERICANS buried in Europe. The troop's ingenuity and massive AMERICAN productivity won the war....not FDR, no particular general, no pentagon desk jockey, no entertainer...just blood and guts. Also we didn't have today's effeminate leadership, ass kissing generals focused on themselves... and the troops were allowed to do what war is all about ....killing and destroying until the will of the enemy is broken. the military are not social workers and hearts and minds is bullshit
zzwhale 1 year ago
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mrpink188 1 year ago
@zzwhale What you are talking about is chaos, nothing would get accomplished without leaders like FDR, and D.D. Eisenhower. You are correct that the heroes are the ones who lost there lives on the front lines, but they fought under the guidance of great leaders who, through strategic planning, saved countless more American lives.
mrpink188 1 year ago
i think alot of us can agree that FDR was the greatest president we have ever have.
deedadee2 3 years ago
fav. speach ever
Nateglenoakcc 3 years ago
the us sent over some fighters to help britian
rainchants 3 years ago
The word democrat has changed its meaning a lot since Jackson and Lincoln. What we know as the republican party did not exist until 1854. Lincoln wasn't exactly Liberal either.
gregoryvent 3 years ago
Well it's kinda like both parties just swapped ideals in the 1900's. Seems like like it anyways.
dankarlos 3 years ago
Great speech and great video. Brilliantly spoken, I love FDR's use of alliteration in this speech. One of the greatest and most pivotal moments in US and world history.
GSeward 3 years ago 3
Well, Roosevelt had the US on the track to economic recovery, though without WW2 it would have taken far longer.
Also the German industry was extremely well-organized and despite Allied bombing its production levels increased.
huon15 3 years ago 3
My grandpa fought at Iwo Jima.
He still had nightmares about Japanese artillery attacks, years after the war.
GrievousCommander 3 years ago 2
And Reagan's economics were nothing new, he just sold them better. Supply Side economics with regressive taxes and lasse faire philosophy have never been sucessful really because to do it and make it work you have to be like Reagan and quadruple the national debt.
Things like "government is the problem" are absurd to me. One of the government's responsibilities is to protect the economy and there's no better example of that than FDR.
volcombillx3 3 years ago
you are a very smart person. wish more like you!
dankarlos 3 years ago
I think I've stumbled upon the FDR Fan Club. Which I'm not denigrating: He was one of our greatest presidents.
And I can't see any point in debating "Lincoln vs. FDR." What's the point?
BUT . . . as much as many on here won't want to hear it, you aren't going to find many historians who give FDR credit for "ending the Great Depression." That was a result of the war in Europe. When FDR took office, unemployment was at almost 25%. In 1938, it was still at 19%. By 1943, it was 1.9%.
KonradAdenauer 3 years ago
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FDR was great but I love Reagan more.
magicman4293 3 years ago
WTF?
rexlibris99 3 years ago
rexlibris99:
There is no way you can even compare FDR to Reagan
magicman4293 3 years ago 2
Man, you pubs are a trip. Reagan wasn't worth one of FDR's toenails.
rexlibris99 3 years ago
exactly i wouldn't even give that much
dankarlos 3 years ago
rexlibris99
While FDR was a amazing president, he didn't apply key economic strategies like the laffer curve like Reagan he didn't reduce the communist threat that is russia like Reagan, and he was not a republican. Which is a terrible mistake.
magicman4293 3 years ago
I rather doubt Reagan's economic policies were as super successful as you think. As for the Soviet Union, the inherent weaknesses of their system had more to due with the collapse of Communism than Reagsn.
rexlibris99 3 years ago
...I doubt Reagan would of solved the Great Depression like FDR did....
Cabooze 3 years ago
So obviously you're a Reagan fan so I really would like to know why? Why can you compare Reagan to FDR who is easily top 3 presidents of all time. FDR who implimented the New Deal and all the tenents it came with and at the same time lead us through WWII and was president for 12 years. I just don't get what Reagan actually did that was so monumental it's comprable to the New Deal or WWII. I know people liked low taxes payed for by Japan and big guns but I just don't get it. What did he do?
volcombillx3 3 years ago
not that i'm anti-FDR but the war,although it was very justified, brought along more econimic restraints than the Iraq war.Also known as the DEPRESSION!!Reagan had a vision for presidency. On the domestic front, he advocated Reaganomics,which called for a reduction in taxes as a means of stimulating the economy.Although Reaganomics was not a complete success.the national debt soared.20 million jobs were created during the Reagan presidency.Eisenhower was who won WW2.FDR just took credit
AAAngels06 3 years ago
Under Reagan 16 million jobs were created which is one thing I think he did well on. 18.6 million jobs were created under the New Deal along with agressive investments in domestic improvement programs. WWII got us out of the Depression so I think you're just mistaken on that one. Truman was actually president when WWII ended and I give him credit for ending it b/c he made the A-Bomb decision. FDR mobilized the nation for war. Eisenhower won Europe. FDR was more fiscally responsible than Reagan.
volcombillx3 3 years ago
I hate to tell you this AAAngels06 but FDR was dead when the war ended so he didn't "take credit".
rexlibris99 3 years ago
@rexlibris99 thank u for syaing that
usaboy1994 1 year ago
@AAAngels06 Yeah, read a history book. The depression started in 1928. FDR was elected in response to the Great Depression. The economic restraints were necessary. Unlike the current Iraq War, there was serious worry that the US could very well be invaded or worse unless they did everything to win that war. (Or "Total War") God, even republicans must think you're dumb.
EastNileVirus 1 year ago
Are You nuts or something, do you you know that this ww2 against Germany and japan and Russia was our Allie. And what does he was not a republican mean. All of our historic wars were fought with democrats as president{Jackson, Wilson, Roosevelt} except for the the civil war who was Lincoln but he was a Liberal as we all know.
dankarlos 3 years ago
FDR is the modle president Ragan is a conservative, republican actor. he is not evene a quater as good as FDR I do not evene think Ragan qualifies as a good president
and about the communist tension thing, it could have ended a decade before rRagan if JFK was not assasssinated
007lennonmeerkathyne 3 years ago
Less than three hours after this address, Congress almost unanimously voted for the "Declaration of War" [the lone holdout was Rep. Jeannette Rankin of Montana, who declared herself a pacifist]. F.D.R. signed the Declaration at 4pm(et) that afternoon.
fromthesidelines 3 years ago
Ah yes. Her most famous quote being "You can no more win a war then you car an earthquake."
This shows you what happens when you mess with the USA.
SaturnVII 3 years ago
This is the best "Day of Infamy" speech I have ever heard! Thank you.
droadtrip 3 years ago 3
FDR was truly a great president. If only the world had leaders like him, men of dignity, honor , respect!! These were the days when people looked up to their leaders.
boulschou 3 years ago 10
We need you now, FDR! <3 We need you!
Renfeildette 3 years ago 7
My grandfather, an American of Norwegian descent, was a staunch Republican prior to 1929. When the crash came, he eventually lost his farm like so many did. He later joined the WPA and become a strong Roosevelt man---no one criticized FDR in his presence. He had faith in the man because he felt he was trying to do something.
I never had the pleasure of meeting you Grandfather, so this one is for you.
rexlibris99 3 years ago
My grandpa is Chinese. He remembered this man until the day he died. He used to tell me stories of a slightly crippled hero leading the world in a fight against evil empires and drawing all his strengths from moral strengths alone. That was a different America.
Turningplowshare 3 years ago 5
agreed a very different america...
prede89 3 years ago
We in Europe should never forget how much we owe this man and America. One of the very greatest presidents if not the greatest ever. His memory is honored all over the world.
linusrawlings 3 years ago 72
@linusrawlings is that honored or honoured?
pix042 1 year ago
FDR is the greatest president of all time. This man was careless, putting his country before his very own life and cared for this nation. He brought us out of The Great Depression, and lead us through victory of World War II. If he were alive still in that time period, that man would be in office for more than 12 years. R.I.P. FDR. We need someone of of your intelligence and caliber around in the 21st century.
mike20956 3 years ago 14
It's really difficult to choose anyone as the greatest president of all time but FDR would be on my short list. T
rexlibris99 3 years ago
Can't be said any better than that.
mike20956 3 years ago 4
Sorry to disagree with you mike. But Lincoln is, in my mind, clearly Number One.
But Washington gets the silver, and FDR the bronze. Which ain't bad.
KonradAdenauer 3 years ago 2
I don't think reuniting the country and ending slavery is in the same caliber as ending the Great Depression and fighting a war in two fronts against three enemies. Keep in mind they weren't crappy enemies, they were the most powerful Empire's of their time(except Italy) and had a LOT of experience.
Cabooze 3 years ago
FDR is the best of the best
primalscream6462 3 years ago 5
The best ticket ever - Franklin Roosevelt + Sir Winston Churchill
mikesmithson 3 years ago 3
"This form of treachery will never again endanger us". FDR must be rolling in his grave. Why aren't there leaders like him around anymore? It seems like I am living in the movie 'Idiocracy'.
mikesmithson 3 years ago 4
I am researching for a novel and was looking for the time of the speech. I heard it in person in California in my elementary school. To those who wish to have lived then, millions of us are still glad we did. I have definitely enjoyed the comments and reliving that radio speech was a new awakening! Ours is a sad time.
barbsands 3 years ago 2
The best information I've ever been able to find is that FDR delivered the speech at 12:30pm on 8 December. It lasted about six and a half minutes.
rexlibris99 3 years ago
I agree. FDR was the last president who could state a logical objective for a war and who knew how to prosecute it to conclusion. We should be grateful to Truman for knowing how to end it, but Truman also got us involved in Korea and did so without approval of the U.S. Congress. It has been downhill from there.
mindspring57 3 years ago 3
best of the best
thank you so much for this video!
sandrafan 3 years ago
I have to say that ever since Eisenhower left the presidentcy our government has been taken over by the corroupt. Lincon once said that when the people grow weary of the government, they can over throw them. The government has lied to us eversince Vietnam, we must reform our government to make Democracy work again, why do you think New orleans is rebuilding them selves without much help from the governemt, why do you think we still have the pour and have a strouggleing middle class?
Ultima770 3 years ago
"i fear we have awoken a sleeping giant"
blackbeltste 3 years ago 2
that quote was proven false.
brycab 3 years ago
damn....oh well....if he didnt say it, he should have!!
blackbeltste 3 years ago 4
He did..........in the movies.
rexlibris99 3 years ago
Very powerful. I just finished my article about Pearl Harbor and I wanted to hear this speech. lol.
I want the troops in Iraq to come home =[
darkphoenixyo 3 years ago
We ALL want them back home.
rexlibris99 3 years ago
It makes me laugh whenever Bush would compare himself to FDR and Churchill and their war to this one in Iraq.
LBF522 3 years ago 7
Bush is a moron.
mindspring57 3 years ago 5
FDR
What a wonderful president for such dangerous times. The emotion & authority in his speech is SO powerful and would make you jump to join the Forces right away. The US is such a force for good in the World it's just a shame the last 7 years have tainted this. 9/11 was shocking but the WRONG countries were attacked. The US should have gone after Pakistan, Saudi Arabia & Iran if they wanted to defeat the cradles of anti-Western terror....and why have they still not done this?
LURIG81 3 years ago
OIL thats why. If any country is responsible for 9/11 its Saudia Arabia. 15 of 19 hijackers from Saudia Arabia and we attack afghanistan? Then Iraq? This "war on terror" is a fucking joke. Also Pakistan has nukes and Iran probably has Nukes. THe U.S. isnt stupid. we attacked IRAQ because they didnt pose a threat! It was political strategy concocted by Rove.
shanebarrow1 3 years ago
powerful powerful message thank god for both the British and the Americans for if they were not at war we would be under german rule today
flamingbartman 3 years ago 5
I don't mean to to be rude but you have to put the Russians in that as well because the allies wouldn't have won the war without them.
dankarlos 3 years ago 2
We'd be saluting a swastika and saying Sieg Heil every morning to a picture of Hitler if it wasn't for the Russians...
Cabooze 3 years ago
Call of Duty 5 you fight the Nazis with the Russians!!
bstep13 3 years ago
I doubt that. The Nazis couldn't, or wouldn't, invade Britain when they had the opportunity and the UK was outproducing them by war's end. The US also had the Manhattan Project. The kicker might have been if Stalin had allied himself with the Nazis but that was highly unlikely as long as Hitler remained in power.
It would have been a longer and bloodier war without the Russians however.
rexlibris99 3 years ago
IF Russia wasn't in the war, the what, 1 million troops sent to Operation Barbarossa would have been sent to Africa. Yes, Britain was outproducing Germany at the END of the war, when the US and UK bombed the crap out of their cities. Again, 1941: No USSR against Germany, UK would have been overrun in Africa and I doubt that 20 miles would of kept Germany at bay from the UK.
Cabooze 3 years ago
There was no USSR against Germany from September 1, 1940 to June, 1941. Yet the Nazis failed to launch Operation Sea Lion in that period. Also, the reports I've read had the British outproducing the Germans near the end of the Battle of Britain. Hitler was lax on the Home Front and failed to use women in war production as the Allies did.
"What ifs" are fun to speculate but serve no useful purpose.
rexlibris99 3 years ago
There were was no USSR during that period, but mobilizing, training, moving, and preparing 3.5 million troops takes some time to organize. Let's forget the front in North Africa, so we have Germany fighting in North Africa, bombing England and organizing their future attack against the USSR.
Cabooze 3 years ago
the reason why the germans were kept at bay from the UK was because the Luftwaffe couldn't gain air superiority over the RAF, don't forget the the UK had a small but strong airforce, and hitler didn't want to risk his ships going to UK without the assurance that they wouldn't be bombed by the RAF
8Desertfox8 3 years ago
@Cabooze You mean if it weren't for the Americans! The "Liberators of the Oppressed"!!! Russia was on the verge of capitulation! Operation Barbarossa, 25,000,000 Russians dead! Stalin was begging for an Allied invasion.
Puff29646 1 year ago
FDR, the greatest american president in the 20th century
pikatecu 3 years ago 10
yep. and the Second greatest president ever after Lincoln of course. OF course Reagan is the best President to moron's like Sean hannity.
shanebarrow1 3 years ago 3
You got to love Reagan! It took real leadership to sell Iran all those missiles back in the eighties in exchange for prolonging the hostage crisis so that Carter lost the election in #80. Those wha' the days.
IncredibleGoliath 3 years ago 2
DOnt forget He sold them weapons to Iran and at the same time he was AMRING SADDAAM to fight against them! His "trickle down" bullshit ballooned the deficit and increased inequality. The economy did grow under Regan bu theres only one problem: IT grew for the wealthiest 1%. His "war on drugs" has led to exorbitant incarceration rates of among non-violient offenders. He was better than Both Bushes though. Ill give him that much.
shanebarrow1 3 years ago
Reagan ended the Cold War, he's got that on him. Lincoln ended slavery, and Roosevelt led us through WWII and Truman finished it. We've had great presidents both Democratic and Republican.
SaturnVII 3 years ago 3
We need another Roosevelt in office; A president who actually cares about the average American!!!!
Lazygreek07 3 years ago 7
FDR should be On mount rushmore
shanebarrow1 3 years ago 25
absolutely
detachment345 3 years ago
he led us through some rough times
18305 3 years ago 10
That, my friend, is what I would call a euphemism.
I think that if 9-11 would have happened when he was president it would have ended differently.
AmersfoortTristan 3 years ago 3
Powerful speech. FDR is one of my favorite presidents. Thanks for uploading this, especially since for my public speaking class I'm going to be giving this same speech, and hearing how FDR said helps me learn how to give it.
dragonstormx 3 years ago 6
It's funny. When Bush speaks I distrust him and don't take him seriously. When I hear Roosevelt's voice I sit upright.
He had strenght, he was honest- he wasn't fooling around.
AmersfoortTristan 3 years ago 33
It pissed me off when Bush tried to compare his war in Iraq to Roosevelt & Churchill's war in WWII which is offensive.
LBF522 3 years ago 8
Yes.. same here. WW2 was a fight against pure evil. This war is a war in which evil fights evil.
AmersfoortTristan 3 years ago 5
@AmersfoortTristan I know, when I recall that Roosevelt expanded the Supreme Court just to bypass the political system to promote his agenda, I was filled with awe and reverence.
AndrewzDescent 10 months ago
A Saint in Heaven is FDR
JohnnySaffire 3 years ago 15
One of the man that saved Europe from the barbarians..
Here is one that deserved to become a saint.
AmersfoortTristan 3 years ago 6
desert fox 8 pretends to be a historian but agrees with the nazis to the fullest, to say the allies committed crimes is true, but all of us were forced to reply in the wake of overpowering evil, in this wake we had no choice in some of the actions we took, screw you desert fox 8, dont pretend to be something your not
leebilodeau 4 years ago 3
unlike iraq, this was actually a necessary war
darthgator007 4 years ago 9
it's somewhat amazing that japan changed from a xenophobic and agressive empire into such a modern and innovative society in only half a century. we dropped two atomic bombs on them, and now they're one of our best allies. i wonder if it had something to do with the insanely strong code of honor in their armed forces, since we defeated them now they pay us great respect. any other country would resent us forever.
dtek40k 4 years ago
well what can they do but play nice with America? all around Japan are neighbors who HATE them because of what Japan did to them during WWII. this includes China, both Koreas, Philippines, and just about every other Eastern Asian country that exists. the fact that America keeps an army there means that they can have some protection in case someone decides to pay Japan back, especially if its China...
MMZ 3 years ago 2
I don't think the have a armed force anymore.
dankarlos 3 years ago
italy and europe,
tancks to american soldier for their life for the free
capodoro 4 years ago
Let us not forget the Japanese Admiral who claimed he'd be able to run wild against America for six months, only to have his prediction met at Midway
ishmaelvolkoff1 4 years ago 2
God Bless the mighty United States of America!
kardrak 4 years ago 10
Those are powerful words right there, it gives me chills when I hear him rattle off the list of invasions. The Pacific War is so amazing to read through and study, and yet I often forget that people were living through this first hand. It's like nothing any of us have ever seen, the War on Terror pales in comparison to the total war of WW2.
Finger2212 4 years ago
i love to hear this man talking,
but strangly i find the war in russia more interesting than the war in the east.
together with Churchill this is one of the greatest persons during WWII
8Desertfox8 4 years ago
I fully agree, the Eastern front was so massive that it has been my main focus when reading up on WW2. I love the history of the Soviet Union, and I think that Stalin was a fascinating leader, not a good one by any means, but fascinating nevertheless. Other than the Battle of Britain, D-Day, and the massive bombardment of German cities, I can't think of much of the Western front that compares to that of the East. 27 million dead Soviets too, what a shame.
Finger2212 4 years ago
although china had more casulties, i once red about 30 milion, altough it depens on when they started to count them, since china was invaded in the 30ties
8Desertfox8 4 years ago
Yeah but the Sino-Japanese war was just a waste of life. All of it was, I know, but the Chinese had little hope of driving out the Japanese due to the disparity in weapons technology and resources. The experiments done on the Chinese were even more sickening than the ones done on the Jews, with prisoners being hit with grenades, bullets, stabbed, etc. just to see how long it took them to die. Ugh, the Japanese made the Nazis look like angels.
Finger2212 4 years ago 3
It depends on how you look at it:),
honestly I don't think that the Japanese are worse than the Nazis, but than of course I only know what the nazis did, and I don't know anything of what the Japanese did.
8Desertfox8 4 years ago
Go read about Unit 731 on wikipedia then.
somnolent49 4 years ago
Germany killed an estimated (low 6 million - high 11 million) Jews. BUT that does not include the casualties suffered by Russian Civilians. Japan in China (low 9 millon high 13 million) + about another 8 million from starvation and desease. I honestly believe thefacts are that the Germans were resonsible for more deaths, but the point Finger2212 is making is very true. The japanese were much more sadistic and savage.
CplMacias 4 years ago 2
we can go on and discus about who was the most sadistic, it depends on how you look at it, just to keep my comment sort, both of them commited horrible crimes against mankind, it doesn't matter who killed the most or who was the most sadistic
8Desertfox8 4 years ago 2
Agreed
CplMacias 4 years ago 2
What makes the Nazi crimes more horrific are the fact that they betrayed the enlightenment. The Germans had an amazingly efficient system of killing and they were outright obsessed with LEGALIZING the murder, not just doing it. Basically, they crushed all the hopes and dreams of the west to rise above pettiness and radicalism with the help of science, universal understanding, blah blah blah. To this day, philosophy and criticism is "Post-modern" constantly refuting enlightenment thought.
JustShoveJayOhBe 3 years ago
best quallity ive heard it in!
hartnell114 4 years ago
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I'm an American, and I don't approve of Germany's assault on the world as much as the next guy, but they were really close to taking over if God hadn't stepped in...
IJEaves 4 years ago
lol
Finger2212 4 years ago
What time was this speech chicago time???
bstep13 4 years ago
With confidence in our armed forces - with the unbounding determination of our people - we will gain the inevitable triumph - so help us God.
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zgarnet 4 years ago