The President's News Conference
09/20/1950
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Had we failed to assume that responsibility, the only thing left for us would be to crawl into our shells and prepare for the destruction of...
In 1945, on the 12th day of April, we were in the midst of two of the most terrible wars that have ever been fought.
In this country, foreign policy is not made by the decisions of a few.
We are going to maintain the peace and make the United Nations a going and militant organization for the welfare of the world as a whole.