"The American people cannot preserve their freedom without being ready to fight in its defence," said the Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Henry Morgenthau, Jr., at an Amherst alumni luncheon yesterday.
"We must act now to stamp out tyranny that is on the march abroad and risk losing our comforts, perhaps our lives; if we do not act now, we risk losing precious freedom, and it is for us to decide, and to decide now, whether we would rather die on our feet than live on our knees," Mr. Morgenthau asserted—Reuter.
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