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Justified then, as we solemnly believe, in the sight of God for our interposition, we rejoice over the termination of a struggle in which our arms knew no defeat.
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Adlai Stevenson
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Editor's note · Context
Stevenson expresses a sense of divine justification for American intervention in conflict.
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