“ Honoring the identity and the special heritage of each nation in the world, we shall never use our strength to try to impress upon another people our own cherished political and economic institutions. ”
Dwight D. Eisenhower, First Inaugural Address (1953). copy citation
| Author | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
|---|---|
| Source | First Inaugural Address |
| Topic | identity strength |
| Date | 1953 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dwight_Eisenhower's_First_Inaugural_Addre... |
Context
“Knowing that only a United States that is strong and immensely productive can help defend freedom in our world, we view our Nation's strength and security as a trust upon which rests the hope of free men everywhere. It is the firm duty of each of our free citizens and of every free citizen everywhere to place the cause of his country before the comfort, the convenience of himself.
(4) Honoring the identity and the special heritage of each nation in the world, we shall never use our strength to try to impress upon another people our own cherished political and economic institutions.
(5) Assessing realistically the needs and capacities of proven friends of freedom, we shall strive to help them to achieve their own security and well-being. Likewise, we shall count upon them to assume, within the limits of their resources, their full and just burdens in the common defense of freedom.”
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