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Eisenhower: “America aspires only to promote human happiness, justly achieved.”

On the recordDecember 2, 1959
America aspires only to promote human happiness, justly achieved.
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Eisenhower
Republican · Kansas

Editor's note · Context

Radio and Television Address to the American People Before Leaving on Good Will Trip to Europe, Asia, and Africa.

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