09/09/1977
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"Our Alliance is a pact for peace and a pact for freedom."
"NATO was the middle-aged alliance, that new initiatives would be useful in redirecting it to new tasks."
"America's concern for human rights does not reflect a desire to impose our particular political or social arrangements on any other country."
"I believe I feel better about the prospect for some progress in the Middle East than I ever have before."