I pray that we will not go to this Conference as we have gone sometimes in the past, too eager to lick the boots of the Communists in order to reach an agreement, but that, with the past lessons clearly in our minds, we will approach this Conference realistically and, again I say, with extreme firmness, believing that our purpose is just and that our cause is right.
Speaking on the forthcoming conference with Communist leaders.
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