Quote#Freedom
If the fires of freedom and civil liberties burn low in other lands…
Quote byFranklin Delano Roosevelt · 1882–1945
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Address to the National Education Association (30 June 1938).
English (original)
If the fires of freedom and civil liberties burn low in other lands they must be made brighter in our own. If in other lands the press and books and literature of all kinds are censored, we must redouble our efforts here to keep them free. If in other lands the eternal truths of the past are threatened by intolerance we must provide a safe place for their perpetuation.
— Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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