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Old 08-23-2006, 01:36 AM   #4
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Originally Posted by Canada 02
My favourite excerpt from Eisenhower's farewell speech:




http://coursesa.matrix.msu.edu/~hst3...ts/indust.html
My favourite part is this:
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Disarmament, with mutual honor and confidence, is a continuing imperative. Together we must learn how to compose differences, not with arms, but with intellect and decent purpose. Because this need is so sharp and apparent I confess that I lay down my official responsibilities in this field with a definite sense of disappointment. As one who has witnessed the horror and the lingering sadness of war -- as one who knows that another war could utterly destroy this civilization which has been so slowly and painfully built over thousands of years -- I wish I could say tonight that a lasting peace is in sight.
It's a real shame military men no longer seem to seek the higher offices of the land.
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