Remarks at the Lincoln Day Box Supper.
02/04/1954
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The human spirit that must be free is the thing that brings 213 nationalities finally into one single nation.
I do not foreclose any kind of statement that in the future may be necessary.
We must not be either patronizing, resentful, or treat them as a stranger or enemy.
For over six decades we have worked together to create and maintain strong democratic institutions.