Address by Charles A. Lindbergh, Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles: carbon copy, 1941 June 20 Page: 13 of 14

                                
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is going to accomplish what they advocate. Make them tell
you how many ships and how many men their policy will require;
how many dead and how many wounded our country will suffer;
how many years of war we must go through. After that, the
decision is up to you as the free citizens of the greatest
democracy left on earth. As I said at the beginning of my
address, we who oppose this war ask only that the true facts
and issues be placed openly before the American people. This
is a democratic country. Its direction is in your hands
not in the hands of any one leader or group of leaders. Your
leaders are not elected - as in the totalitarian states - to
dictate to you.   They are elected to represent you. You have
the eight as a free people to demand that representation. It
is your right and your duty to decide the direction your coun-
try takes - to peace or to war. Your decision is final, and
in your decision we have confidence. All we ask is that you
be given the truth with which to judge, and the opportunity
of expressing your opinion.
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