“ To counter the threat of those who seek to rule by force, we must pay the costs of our own needed military strength, and help to build the security of others. ”
Dwight D. Eisenhower, Second Inaugural Address (1957). copy citation
| Author | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
|---|---|
| Source | Second Inaugural Address |
| Topic | strength threat |
| Date | 1957 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dwight_Eisenhower's_Second_Inaugural_Addr... |
Context
“Splendid as can be the blessings of such a peace, high will be its cost: in toil patiently sustained, in help honorably given, in sacrifice calmly borne.
We are called to meet the price of this peace.
To counter the threat of those who seek to rule by force, we must pay the costs of our own needed military strength, and help to build the security of others. We must use our skills and knowledge and, at times, our substance, to help others rise from misery, however far the scene of suffering may be from our shores. For wherever in the world a people knows desperate want, there must appear at least the spark of hope, the hope of progress—or there will surely rise at last the flames of conflict.
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We are called to meet the price of this peace.
To counter the threat of those who seek to rule by force, we must pay the costs of our own needed military strength, and help to build the security of others. We must use our skills and knowledge and, at times, our substance, to help others rise from misery, however far the scene of suffering may be from our shores. For wherever in the world a people knows desperate want, there must appear at least the spark of hope, the hope of progress—or there will surely rise at last the flames of conflict.
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