But if the new generation is no longer prisoner of the old isms, neither is it sold on the American idea.
Vietnam has been a profoundly sobering lesson in the limits of U.S. power.
Peace today requires strength of will, strength of arms, and strength of purpose.
We should stop the draft and put our Selective Service structure on stand-by.
I say it's time we took a new look at the draft—at the question of permanent conscription in a free society.
It's time we looked to our consciences.
Once our involvement in the Vietnam war is behind us, we move toward an all-volunteer armed force.
It's hardly competitive with what most people can earn in civilian life.
Youth today has a right to demand that an older generation live up to two responsibilities: to guide and to listen.
We will see youth respect its elders when we show some respect for the opinions of our youngsters.
They are more socially conscious, more politically aware, and much better educated than their parents were at age 18.