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This is the source of our strength And: this idea -- thi 8
endlessly revolutionary idea' of: human freedom and political
equality - is what we. held out to all nations as the answer
to the tyranny of international communism. We have seen this
idea work in our own country. We know that it: acknowledges, no
barriers of race, or nation, or creed. We know that it means
progress for all men.
The international communist movement, far from being
revolutionary, is the most reactichary movement in the world
today. It is violently opposed to the freedom; of the individ-
ual, because in that communist system the state is supremé.
It is equally oppösed to the freedom of other nations, because
in that communist system it is Soviet Russia which must be
supreme.
When General MacArthur and I discussed the whole problem
of peace in the Far East, we- recognized that this is far more
than a military problem.
Today, the peoples of the Far East, as well as the peoples
of the other parts of the world, are struggling with the false
revolution of communism. Sovilet communism makes the false
claim to- those peoples that it stands for progress and human
advancement. Actually, it seeks to turn them into the colonial
slaves of a new imperialism. In this time of crisis, we ask
the peoples of the Far East to Junderstand us as we. try to
understand them. We are not trying to push blueprints upon
them as ready-made answers for all their complicated problems.
Every people must develop according to its own particular
genius and must express its own moral and cultural values in
its own way.
We believe that we have much in common with the peoples
of the Far East. Their older civilizations have much to teach
us. We hope our new developments may be helpful to them.
We know that the peoples of Asia cherish their freedom and
independence. We sympathize with that desire and we will help
to attain and defend their independence. Our entire history
proclains.ou policy on that point. Our men are fighting now
in Asia to help secure the freedom and independence of a small
"nation which was brütally attacked.
We know that the peoples of Asia have problems of social
injustice to solve. They want their farmers to own their-land
and to enjoy the fruits of their toil. That is one of our
great national principles also. We believe in the family-size
farm. That is the basis of our agriculture and has strongly
influenced our form of government.
We know that the peoples of Asia want their industrial
workers to have their full measure of freedom and rising
standards of living. So do we. That is the basis of our
industrial society in this country.
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