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    "ocrText": "The original documents are located in Box 40, \"10/26/76 - Remarks in an Address to the\nPittsburgh Economic Club, Pittsburgh, PA\" of the President's Speeches and Statements:\nReading Copies at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.\nCopyright Notice\nThe copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of\nphotocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Gerald Ford donated to the United\nStates of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections.\nWorks prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public\ndomain. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to\nremain with them. If you think any of the information displayed in the PDF is subject to a valid\ncopyright claim, please contact the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.\n- Thank you, Jim (Burnham)\n- Mayon Flaherty\n- -Its a pleasure to be here\nwith the members and guests\nofthe Pittabureq Economic Club\nDigitized from Box 40 of President's Speeches and Statements: Reading Copies at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library\n-1-\nWHO PRESIDENT EAS SERS.-\nSOME 20 YEARS AGO, SPEAKING BEFORE THE LEAGUE\nOF WOMEN VOTERS, PRESIDENT EISENHOWER WAS ASKED\nABOUT THE GOALS OF UNITED STATES FOREIGN POLICY\n\"THE FOREIGN POLICY OF OUR NATION IS NOT DIFFICULT\nTO STATE,\" HE SAID\n-\n\"WE ARE FOR PEACE -- PEACE\nFIRST, LAST AND ALWAYS\n-2-\nTODAY THAT REMAINS THE CENTRAL PURPOSE OF AMERICAN\nFOREIGN POLICY\nIT HAS BEEN THE PURPOSE OF EVERY\nADMINISTRATION SINCE I WENT TO WASHINGTON MORE THAN\nA QUARTER OF A CENTURY AGO\n-3-\nIN FACT, LOOKING BACK OVER THOSE YEARS, THROUGH\nTHE TERMS OF SIX PRESIDENTS\n-\nTHREE DEMOCRATS AND\nTHREE REPUBLICANS -- YOU WILL FIND THAT WHILE THE\nEMPHASIS MAY HAVE CHANGED FROM ONE ADMINISTRATION\nTO THE NEXT, THE FOUNDATIONS OF AMERICAN FOREIGN\nPOLICY HAVE REMAINED ESSENTIALLY THE SAME\n-4-\nTHERE HAVE BEEN MISJUDGMENTS\nSOMETIMES WE\nHAVE MADE COMMITMENTS THAT EXCEEDED OUR CAPABILITIES\nSOMETIMES WE HAVE BEEN HEAVY-HANDED\nBUT THE RECORD\nOF ACHIEVEMENT FAR EXCEEDS THAT OF FAILURE\nTHROUGHOUT MY TIME AS PRESIDENT,\nI HAVE SHAPED\nOUR FOREIGN POLICY ACCORDING TO THESE FOUR BASIC\nPRINCIPLES:\n-5-\n--\nFIRST, WE HAVE SOUGHT TO MAINTAIN AMERICA'S\nUNQUESTIONED MILITARY STRENGTH;\n-- SECOND WE HAVE TRIED TO MAINTAIN AND STRENGTHEN\nOUR FRIENDSHIPS WITH OUR ALLIES;\n-- THIRD,\nWORKING FROM A POSITION OF STRENGTH,\nWE HAVE SOUGHT TO REDUCE TENSION IN THE WORLD AND TO\nAVERT THE THREAT OF A NUCLEAR HOLOCAUST;\n-6-\n-- FINALLY,\nWE HAVE TRIED TO ACT AS LEADER AND AS\nPEACEMAKER IN RESOLVING THE MANY DIFFICULT PROBLEMS THAT\nHAVE ARISEN WITHIN A COMMUNITY OF NATIONS THAT HAS\nBEEN CONSTANTLY EXPANDING\nTHERE IS NO BETTER TESTIMONY TO THE WISDOM OF OUR\nPOLICIES THAN THE FACT THAT TODAY AMERICA IS AT PEACE\n-7-\nNOT A SINGLE ONE OF OUR MEN IS FIGHTING OR DYING ON ANY\nFOREIGN BATTLEFIELD\nTHE DRAFT NO LONGER HANGS OVER\nTHE HEADS OF THE YOUNGER GENERATION\n-8-\nTODAY AMERICA IS STRONG, READY TO MEET ANY\nCHALLENGE TO OUR SECURITY\nOUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH\nOUR ALLIES HAVE NEVER BEEN BETTER\nA POINT THAT HAS\nBEEN ECHOED REPEATEDLY AS LEADERS OF OTHER NATIONS HAVE\nSTREAMED TO OUR SHORES TO SHARE IN OUR BICENTENNIAL\nCELEBRATION\nAND OUR ADVERSARIES RESPECT US:\nTHEY\nRESPECT OUR COMMITMENT TO FREEDOM AND THEY RESPECT OUR\nSTRENGTH AND WILL TO PROTECT IT\n-9-\nTHE PEACE THAT EXISTS TODAY IS DIRECTLY RELATED\nTO OUR COLLECTIVE HARD WORK AND SKILLFUL DIPLOMACY\nI AM VERY PROUD OF WHAT WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED\nI\nAM VERY PROUD TO BE THE FIRST PRESIDENT SINCE DWIGHT\nEISENHOWER TO SEEK ELECTION WITH AMERICA AT PEACE\n-10-\nWHAT CONCERNS ME IS THAT DURING THE CLOSING WEEKS\nOF THIS PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN IT HAS BECOME APPARENT\nTHAT AMERICA IS NOW BEING ASKED BY MY OPPONENT TO MAKE\nA FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE IN THE DIRECTION AND CONDUCT OF\nU.\nS\nFOREIGN POLICY\nAS CITIZENS AND AS VOTERS\nYOU ARE BEING ASKED TO DECIDE WHETHER YOU WISH TO BUILD ON\nTHE GREAT TRADITIONS OF AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY\n-11-\nTHE POLICIES THAT CAN KEEP US STRONG AND AT PEACE\nOR WHETHER YOU WISH TO BREAK FROM THOSE TRADITIONS,\nVENTUR ING INTO THE UNKNOWN WITH A DOCTRINE THAT IS\nUNTESTED,\nUNTRIED,\nAND IN MY VIEW,\nPOTENTIALLY\nDANGEROUS\n- 12 -\nTHIS DOCTRINE DEVIATES SUBSTANTIALLY FROM THE\nSOLID PRINCIPLES OF THE BIPARTISAN FOREIGN AND\nDEFENSE POLICIES OF THE PAST 30 YEARS\nIT HAS A\nSTRONG FLAVOR OF ISOLATIONISM\nIF IT IS APPLIED\nIN PRACTICE IN THE SAME WAY THAT IT IS DESCRIBED IN\nCAMPAIGN ORATORY, THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT RISK IT\nCOULD LEAD TO MAJOR INTERNATIONAL CRISES\n- 13 -\nLET US LOOK A FEW MOMENTS AT THE MOST SIGNIFICANT\nDIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE POLICIES OF MY ADMINISTRATION\nAND THOSE THAT ARE OFFERED AS AN ALTERNATIVE.\nDURING THE TWO AND A HALF YEARS OF MY PRESIDENCY,\nI HAVE FOUGHT HARD TO STRENGTHEN OUR NATIONAL DEFENSE\n- - 14 -\nWHEN I TOOK OFFICE, DEFENSE SPENDING WAS\nA SMALLER SHARE OF THE NATIONAL BUDGET THAN AT\nANY TIME SINCE BEFORE THE KOREAN WAR\nWE WERE\nAT THE RAZOR'S EDGE IN DEFENSE STRENGTH\nIF THE\nCONGRESS HAD CONTINUED CUTTING OUR DEFENSE BUDGETS,\nWE WOULD ASSUREDLY HAVE DRIFTED INTO A POSITION OF\nMILITARY INFERIORITY\n- 15 -\nONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS OF\nTHIS ADMINISTRATION IS THAT WE HAVE NOW REVERSED\nTHAT SLIDE\nAND AS LONG AS I AM PRESIDENT,\nWE ARE GOING TO HAVE AN ARMY, \\ A NAVY, ,\\ AN\nAIR FORCE AND A MARINE CORPS THAT ARE UNSURPASSED\nIN MILITARY CAPABILITY\nI KNOW IT IS COSTLY\n- 16 -\nAS PRESIDENT EISENHOWER ONCE SAID, \"A GOOD\nDEFENSE IS NEVER A CHEAP DEFENSE.\"\nBUT FOR THE\nSAKE OF PEACE AND FREEDOM WE MUST BE WILLING TO\nMAKE THE SACRIFICES THAT MAINTAIN AMERICA'S\nMILITARY MIGHT\n-17-\nNOW CONSIDER THE ALTERNATIVE THAT IS BEING\nOFFERED TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IN THIS ELECTION\nINSTEAD OF MAINTAINING OUR MILITARY STRENGTH\nTHE ALTERNATIVE PROPOSED IS TO SLASH BILLIONS FROM\nOUR DEFENSE BUDGET, STRIPPING US NOT OF WASTE\nBUT OF MILITARY MUSCLE\nTHE B-1 BOMBER IS A\nPRIME EXAMPLE\n-18-\nI BELIEVE IT IS ESSENTIAL TO OUR SECURITY TO GO FORWARD\nWITH PRODUCTION OF THIS NEW AIRCRAFT WHICH HAS MET AND\nSURPASSED EVERY TEST TO DATE\nIT WOULD REPLACE THE\nAGING B-52, so THAT OUR PILOTS CAN DEFEND AMERICA IN\nAIRCRAFT THAT GIVE US A RELIABLE CAPABILITY FOR\nPENETRATING IMPROVED AIR DEFENSE SYSTEMS OF OUR\nPOTENTIAL ADVERSARIES\n-19-\nso THE DIFFERENCES IN DEFENSE SPENDING ARE CLEAR:\nI\nWANT TO CONTINUE ON A COURSE WHICH I BELIEVE WILL\nKEEP US STRONG AND FREE.\n\\\\\nTHE ALTERNATIVE IS TO HEAD\nDOWN A ROAD WHICH COULD RAISE DOUBTS ABOUT OUR\nSTRENGTH AND DETERMINATION ON THE PART OF OUR FRIENDS\nAND POTENTIAL ADVERSARIES\n- 20 -\nA SECOND BASIC PRINCIPLE OF AMERICA'S POLICY\nIS TO MAINTAIN STRONG, DURABLE RELATIONSHIPS WITH\nOUR ALLIES\nWHEN I TOOK OFFICE, AMERICA WAS IN THE MIDST\nOF A CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS\nWE WERE STILL\nSUFFERING FROM THE BITTERNESS OF VIETNAM\nAND\nWE WERE FACED WITH A DETERIORATING ECONOMY.\n- 21 -\nTHE WORLD WAS WATCHING TO SEE IF WE WOULD RECOVER\nTHEY KNEW IT WAS CRITICAL TO THEIR OWN FUTURE,\nBECAUSE IF AMERICA BECAME MIRED IN SELF-DOUBTS,\nTHEN THE PEACE OF THE WORLD WOULD BE JEOPARDIZED\nI AM PROUD OF OUR RECORD DURING THIS PERIOD\nOF TESTING:\n- 22 -\n-- WE HAVE LED THE WORLD OUT OF THE MOST\nDANGEROUS RECESSION SINCE THE 1930s AND LAUNCHED\nOUR ECONOMIC RECOVERY WITHOUT PRODUCING ANOTHER\nROUND OF DEVASTATING INFLATION.\n- 23 -\n-- THE ECONOMIC COMEBACK OF THE INDUSTRIALIZED\nDEMOCRACIES IS BEING ACCOMPLISHED NOT WITH THE\nBEGGAR-THY - NEIGHBOR POLICIES OF THE 1930s BUT WITH\nAN UNPRECEDENTED DEGREE OF COOPERATION, AS\nWITNESSED BY THE SUMMIT MEETINGS IN FRANCE AND\nPUERTO RICO OF THE LEADING INDUSTRIAL DEMOCRACIES.\n- 24 -\n-- IN EUROPE, WE HAVE INJECTED NEW VIGOR\nINTO THE ATLANTIC ALLIANCE\nWE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY\nRESISTED CONGRESSIONAL PRESSURES TO REDUCE OUR\nNATO TROOP COMMITMENTS, WE HAVE WORKED CLOSELY\nWITH OUR ALLIES ON THE ENERGY CRISIS, ON THE NON-\nPROLIFERATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS,\nON ECONOMIC\nPOLICIES AND ON COORDINATING OUR APPROACHES TO\nEAST-WEST DIPLOMACY\nTHE ALLIANCE IN EUROPE\nHAS NEVER BEEN STRONGER\n-25-\n-- WE HAVE ALSO MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS IN THE\nMIDDLE EAST\nTHE UNITED STATES STANDS STAUNCHLY BY\nISRAEL, SUPPLYING IN JUST TWO YEARS TIME OVER 40 PERCENT\nOF ALL U.S. AID TO THAT COUNTRY SINCE ITS FOUND ING IN 1948\nAT THE SAME TIME, WE HAVE EARNED THE RESPECT AND CONFIDENCE\nOF THE ARAB NATIONS\nTODAY, THE UNITED STATES IS THE\nONLY MAJOR LEADER TRUSTED BY BOTH SIDES IN THE MIDDLE EAST;\nTHEY WANT OUR LEADERSHIP, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE\nIT\n-26-\n-- WE CAN ALSO LOOK TO ASIA WITH NEW CONFIDENCE TODAY\nWE NOW ENJOY THE STRONGEST LINKS EVER WITH JAPAN\nTHIS\nWAS SYMBOLIZED BY THE FIRST VISIT EVER OF THE EMPEROR\nTO THE U.S. AND MY OWN VISIT TO HIS HOMELAND -- THE FIRST\nVISIT TO JAPAN BY AN AMERICAN PRESIDENT\nWE HAVE REMAINED STEADFAST IN THE KOREAN PENINSULA\nWE HAVE PUT THE VIETNAM WAR BEHIND US IN A WAY WHICH HAS\nPROTECTED OUR ESSENTIAL INTEREST AND MAINTAINED AMERICA'S\nRESPECT IN THAT PART OF THE WORLD\n-27-\n-- WE HAVE OPENED THE DOOR TO BETTER RELATIONS\nWITH CHINA\nNOW LET US LOOK AT THE ALTERNATIVE THAT IS BEING OFFERED\nIN THIS ELECTION\n-- INSTEAD OF HOLDING FIRM IN ASIA, WE ARE TOLD THAT\nWE SHOULD PULL OUR TROOPS AND MAJOR WEAPONS SYSTEMS OUT\nOF KOREA\nAN INVITATION TO DISASTER NOT ONLY THERE BUT\nIN JAPAN AS WELL\n-- IN EUROPE, WE ARE TOLD THAT WE SHOULD NOT \"CLOSE\nTHE DOOR\" TO CONSULTATIONS AND \"FRIENDSHIPS\" WITH THE\nCOMMUNIST LEADERS OF ITALY, FRANCE AND PORTUGAL\n-28-\nI AM DEEPLY CONCERNED OVER THE IMPACT THAT SUCH AN\nAPPROACH WOULD HAVE UPON THE DEMOCRATIC PARTIES THAT\nHAVE, FOR DECADES, WAGED A STRUGGLE TO PRESERVE FREEDOM\nAGAINST COMMUNIST TYRANNY\n-- IN THE MIDDLE EAST, THE ALTERNATIVE APPEARS\nDISTINCTLY HOSTILE TO OUR FRIENDSHIPS WITH MODERATE ARAB\nSTATES\nI CAN TELL YOU FROM EXPERIENCE THAT SUCH A TOTAL\nDEPARTURE FROM CURRENT POLICIES COULD DRIVE THESE COUNTRIES\nINTO THE ARMS OF THE SOVIETS,\nTHREATENING THE STABILITY OF THE\nAREA AND EVENTUALLY INFLICTING ENORMOUS HARM UPON THE VERY\nCOUNTRY THAT IT PURPORTS TO HELP, THE STATE OF ISRAEL\n-29-\nLET US LOOK NOW AT STILL ANOTHER BASIC PRINCIPLE OF\nOUR FOREIGN POLICY:\nTO REDUCE TENSIONS WITH OUR\nADVERSARIES AND REDUCE THE THREAT OF NUCLEAR WAR\nOVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, WE HAVE TAKEN SIGNIFICANT\nSTRIDES DOWN THE PATH TOWARD HALTING AND REVERSING\nTHE STRATEGIC ARMS SPIRAL\nEARLY IN MY ADMINISTRATION\nI MET WITH GENERAL SECRETARY BREZHNEV IN VLADIVOSTOK,\nWHERE WE PLEDGED OUR MUTUAL EFFORTS TO REACH A NEW\nAGREEMENT LIMITING NUCLEAR ARMAMENTS.\n-30-\nTODAY AN AGREEMENT EMBODYING THE VLADIVOSTOK ACCORDS IS\n90 PERCENT COMPLETE.\nI AM OPTIMISTIC THAT IT CAN BE\nSUCCESSFULLY CONCLUDED IN THE NEAR FUTURE\nAND THAT\nWE CAN WORK FOR EVEN FURTHER REDUCTIONS IN NUCLEAR\nWEAPONS\nWHEN THAT AGREEMENT IS REACHED\nTHE\n,\nPROSPECTS FOR REDUC ING THE DANGERS OF A NUCLEAR HOLOCAUST\nWILL BRIGHTEN AROUND THE WORLD\n-31-\nBUT LET US NEVER FORGET AMERICAN PRESIDENTS HAVE\nLEAR NED THAT TOUGH TALK BY ITSELF IS INSUFFICIENT;\nIT\nIS TOO EASILY DISMISSED AS BOMBAST\nOUR RHETORIC\nMUST BE BACKED BY SUBSTANCE,\nA STRONG NATIONAL\nDEFENSE,\nSTRONG ALLIANCES,\nAND STRONG DIPLOMACY\nIN PLACE OF A STRONG DEFENSE, THE ALTERNATIVE\nCALLED FOR IN THIS ELECTION IS A WEAKENED DEFENSE\n-32-\nIN PLACE OF STRONG ALLIANCES, WE ARE OFFERED TROOP\nPULLBACKS AND SWEEPING REVIEWS OF AMERICA'S COMMITMENTS\nTO ITS ALLIES\nIN PLACE OF THE STRATEGIC ARMS\nAGREEMENT AT VLADIVOSTOK\nWHICH PROVIDES FOR EQUAL\nabout 200\nNUMBERS AT A LEVEL REQUIRING SOVIET REDUCTIONS\nTHE\nALTERNATIVE PROPOSED IS A FREEZE AT CURRENT LEVELS\n-33-\nTHIS MAJOR STEP BACKWARD WOULD LOCK US INTO FORCE\nLEVELS WHICH FOR THE SOVIET UNION WOULD BE HIGHER\nTHAN AGREED AT VLADIVOSTOK AND FOR THE UNITED STATES\nSIGNIFICANTLY LOWER\nIN THE PAST, AMERICAN PRESIDENTS HAVE ALWAYS KNOWN\nTHEY SHOULD NEVER SAY IN ADVANCE PRECISELY WHAT COURSE\nOF ACTION THIS COUNTRY WOULD TAKE IN THE EVENT OF AN\nINTERNATIONAL CRISIS\nTHE REASON FOR SUCH AN APPROACH\nOUGHT TO BE OBVIOUS\n-34-\nWHEN A POTENTIAL ADVERSARY KNOWS WHAT YOU WILL AND WON'T\nDO IN ADVANCE, YOUR FLEXIBILITY IS LIMITED AND HIS IS\nINCREASED\nHE CAN PROBE WITH IMPUNITY OR REDIRECT\nHIS EFFORTS AT MORE TEMPTING TARGETS\nTHE ACQUISITION\nOF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT SUCH INTENTIONS IN ADVANCE IS ONE OF\nTHE MAJOR REASONS WHY COUNTRIES SPEND VAST SUMS FOR\nINTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES\nTHUS,\nIT WAS WITH SOME\nSURPRISE THAT I HEARD A SPECIFIC PROPOSAL FOR TOTAL\nECONOMIC WARFARE AGAINST THE ARABS IN THE EVENT OF\nANOTHER OIL EMBARGO\n-35-\nI THOUGHT SUCH A STATEMENT OF A SPECIFIC COURSE OF\nACTION IN ADVANCE WAS A SINGULAR MISTAKE WHICH,\nONCE\nMADE, WOULD NOT BE REPEATED\nI WAS,\nTHEREFORE,\nSURPRISED TO HEAR HIM MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE AT\nWILLIAMSBURG IN HIS ILLADVISED COMMENTS CONCERNING WHAT\nHE MIGHT OR MIGHT NOT DO IF THE FUTURE SECURITY OF\nYUGOSLAVIA WAS THREATENED\nSTATEMENTS OF THIS KIND,\nAS WE LEARNED OVER TWENTY FIVE YEARS AGO,\nINSTEAD OF\nSERVING THE CAUSE OF PEACE, INVITE CONFLICT\n-36-\nTHEY INVITE AGGRESSION RATHER THAN DETER IT.\nI HAVE\nTO ASSUME THAT THIS STATEMENT SIMPLY REFLECTS INEXPERIENCE.\nLADIES AND GENTLEMEN:\nEVEN THOUGH AMERICA IS AT\nPEACE TODAY, WE MUST RECOGNIZE THAT WE CONTINUE TO LIVE\nIN A DANGEROUS WORLD\nA WORLD HOSTILE TO FREEDOM\nUNREST IS STILL SEETHING IN MANY PARTS OF THE GLOBE\nTHE CHALLENGE TO AMERICAN DIPLOMACY DUR ING THESE NEXT\nFOUR YEARS WILL BE EQUAL TO ANY OTHER PERIOD IN OUR\nLIFETIME\n-37-\nWE MUST COMPLETE NEGOTIATIONS ON A SALT AGREEMENT TO\nREPLACE THE CURRENT TREATY, WHICH EXPIRES IN OCTOBER\nOF 1977\nWE MUST CONTINUE OUR EFFORTS TO DEFUSE THE\nPOWDERKEG IN SOUTHERN AFRICA\nWE MUST WORK TO ACHIEVE\nA JUST,\nSTABLE PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST\nWE MUST RESTORE\nPROSPERITY\nAND WE MUST DEAL INTELLIGENTLY AND\nCOMPASSIONATELY WITH THE NEW AGENDA OF WORLD ISSUES SUCH\nAS NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION,\nECONOMIC INTERDEPENDENCE,\nFOOD,\nENERGY,\nPOLLUTION,\nAND GROWING POPULATIONS.\n-38-\nWE CAN SUCCEED IN THESE TASKS ONLY IF WE REMAIN TRUE\nTO THE GREAT PRINCIPLES THAT HAVE GUIDED UNITED STATES FOREIGN\nPOLICY FOR MORE THAN A QUARTER OF A CENTURY\nTHIS IS NOT A TIME TO WEAKEN OUR OWN DEFENSE,\nTO REFUSE\nTO EQUIP OUR TROOPS WITH ESSENTIAL NEW WEAPONS,\nTO\nUNDERMINE DEMOCRATIC LEADERS BY HINTING AT NEW RELATIONSHIPS\nWITH COMMUNIST LEADERS IN WESTERN EUROPE,\nTO WITHDRAW OUR\nTROOPS FROM SOUTH KOREA,\nTO UPSET THE BALANCE IN THE\nMIDDLE EAST,\nOR TO CONCEDE SUCH NATIONS AS YUGOSLAVIA\nTO THE SOVIET SPHERE\n-39-\nTHIS IS A TIME TO BENEFIT FROM AND BUILD UPON THE\nWISDOM WE HAVE INHERITED\nTHE PEACE WE ENJOY TODAY IS NOT AN ACCIDENT\nTHE PEACE WE HAVE TODAY IS A PRODUCT OF THE PATIENT\nDIPLOMACY AND THE DETERMINATION OF THE PAST\nTO PRESERVE THE PEACE, WE MUST BE WILLING TO PAY THE\nPRICE FOR A MIGHTY FORCE\nTO PRESERVE THE PEACE, WE MUST BE WILLING TO SHOULDER\nTHE BURDENS OF OUR ALLIANCES AND FRIENDSHIPS\n-40-\nTO PRESERVE THE PEACE, WE MUST BE TOUGH-MINDED AND\nPERSISTENT IN DEALING WITH OUR ADVERSARIES\nNEVER\nNOT ONCE\nCAN WE DROP OUR GUARD\nTO PRESERVE THE PEACE, WE MUST APPLY THE ENORMOUS\nTALENT AND TECHNOLOGY OF AMERICA TO ADVANCING GAINS MADE\nIN FAR-FLUNG CORNERS OF THE WORLD, STRETCHING FROM THE\nMIDDLE EAST TO AFRICA\nTO PRESERVE THE PEACE, WE MUST BE GENEROUS AND\nCOMPASSIONATE TOWARD OTHERS LESS FORTUNATE THAN OURSELVES.\n-41-\nFINALLY, TO PRESERVE THE PEACE, WE MUST BE TRUE TO THE\nIDEALS OF AMERICA -- TO OUR LOVE OF FREEDOM AND DIGNITY\nAND JUSTICE FOR ALL HUMANKIND\nTHESE ARE MY GOALS AS YOUR PRESIDENT\nTHEY ARE THE\nGOALS OF A GREAT NATION\nWITH YOUR HELP, WITH YOUR\nPRAYERS, I WILL CONTINUE THEIR PURSUIT DURING THE NEXT\nFOUR YEARS\nAND I PLEDGE TO YOU TODAY, THAT AS LONG\nAS I AM YOUR PRESIDENT, I WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN\nTHANK YOU\nEND OF TEXT"
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