The President's News Conference
08/10/1949
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Now it is absolutely necessary that we assume the leadership among the democracies of this world, so that there will be enough force in this...
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And I am saying to you, which is better, to spend 3, or 4, or 5 billions a year for peace, or to spend a hundred billion dollars a year for ...
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