I believe that America’s success, therefore, over these last 2 years in that foreign field, and at home in going from a war to a peace economy without real depression—which has been customary and historical and is almost expected—those two things are the great significant events of our time.
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We are both members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, an alliance that seeks only security and peace.
We must not be either patronizing, resentful, or treat them as a stranger or enemy.
In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.
It makes no difference for what individual or party you vote, as long as you are voting your own honest convictions.
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