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in 40 and 41, we became the world s greatest superpower in four years. and we did it by everybody chipping in. it was a common culture of sacrifice. it was a common effort. it involved industry. it involved our presidential leadership. it involved diplomacy. my god. the president s leadership. absolutely. arthur herman has a new book out. great book. which is about the coming together. and here is another moment. january 1941, after fdr has beaten wendell wilke, wilke comes to the white house and roosevelt sends him on a mission to europe to sort of reassure the european leaders that america is one. and he wrote out a quoted longfellow. he wrote out sail on, oh ship of states, sail out, union great, on a piece of stationery for wilke to give to churchill. so we do have the capacity for common effort and common victory.

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