Veto of the Federal Employees Life Insurance Bill.
09/11/1966
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Lasting peace between peoples in the world is tonight within our sight and within our grasp.
There is such a thing as a nation being so right that it does not need to convince others by force that it is right.
I pledge my friendship and that of my people and country in the years ahead.
We rejoice that Zambia has become free and now joins the other independent states of Africa in seeking a better life for its people.