Remarks at the Lincoln Day Box Supper.
02/04/1954
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No petty differences of any kind can ever tear apart these two great countries.
We are both members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, an alliance that seeks only security and peace.
The human spirit that must be free is the thing that brings 213 nationalities finally into one single nation.
I would say this: it should not be an issue.