04/23/1961
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"Our interest here is more substantial, and I believe it goes to the common interests of both the United States and France."
"The security of Europe, its freedom, is essential to the security of the United States, and we plan to take every measure, we plan to continue to devote every energy, to strengthening the common ties ..."
"This desire for freedom, this desire for liberty, wherever it may be on the globe, in my opinion is the strongest tide of the 20th century."
"I do not believe that there is any Embassy in the world more important to the United States than the Embassy in Paris."