We must not be so insecure as a great nation as to insist upon an anachronism, a colonial presence in Panama. It is because we are a strong nation that we can act with vision, a vision that is in our country's best interests and that we can change with the times; that we not only can see the pebble in the road today, but that we can see the distant mountain on the horizon tomorrow.
Speaking in support of the Panama Canal treaties.
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