Thus the Antarctic Treaty to which the Senate of the United States gave its advice and consent to ratification on August 10, 1960, serves not only as a pact guaranteeing freedom of scientific inquiry in the Continent of Antarctica but, more importantly, as an outstanding example of practical cooperation between nations and a positive step toward a peaceful world.
Special Message to the Congress Transmitting Report on U.S. Policy and International Cooperation in Antarctica
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Sometimes it is your job to go out and scout the road, to encounter and overcome the difficulties that always accompany such a vast new venture as this.
Your reward--and it is coming--will be seen in the faces of children who will come down the road that you have helped to open.
In that pursuit, Mr. President, United States support will be gladly given.
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