Word: avowed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...slow, measured words of hope for the British. Later, in a broadcast, he had a sober, grim warning for Americans: "We must face the facts of today. . . . The danger is imminent. ... To meet it we must pledge ourselves anew to fulfill our obligations to the nation, and again avow eternal devotion to the principles of liberty and justice upon which this nation rests...