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Quotation from Pearl Harbor Address ("A Date Which Will Live in Infamy") by Franklin D. Roosevelt
“No matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion, the American people in their righteous might will win through to absolute victory.”
Pearl Harbor Address ("A Date Which Will Live in Infamy"), Paragraph 13 (National Archives text)
The pledge of victory, answering the charge of premeditation with the promise of a war fought to its end.
Citation: "No matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion, the American people in their righteous might will win through to absolute victory." — Franklin D. Roosevelt, Pearl Harbor Address ("A Date Which Will Live in Infamy"), Paragraph 13 (National Archives text). (id pearl-harbor-address-q4)
Portrait: Fdr delivers speech, United States Government., Public domain.
