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"a much sterner-test Of our
principles. A test believe it is
by which the world will judge
us. for long to come.
The United Nations-within as
hours of its being called to con-
slider the matter of foreign-So-
Wet - forces in Hungary - was
called to judge the use of foreign
forces in Egypt.
/, as your President, am proud
and / trust that you are proud
that the United States de-
clared itself against the use of
force in, not one, but both these
cases.
Heartened by Messages
I hope you may allow me, at
this moment, to make a serious
personal comment.
I have been profoundly heart
ened by messages I have received
from members of both political
parties. These messages have
pledged support-proud support
of Americas decision to choose
a path of honor. This - / am
thankful to say is the same
spirited bipartisan support
have welcomed at many like
moments of decision from
Korea and Formosa, to Guate-
mala. on to the summit of
Geneva.
Consequently, have been un-
disturbed by the strident voices
of those few who seem to be
seeking to turn world events to
political profit. For / know that
this America is not divided
against itself. And / shall con-
tinue to take all actions and
decisions in these times-not as
a candidate for Office. but as
President of the United States.
Will Not CondOne Aggression
BY what principles have we
made these particular decisions?
We cannot and we will not
condone armed aggression = no
matter who the attacker, no
matter who the victim.
We cannot-in the world, any
more than in our own Nation
subscribe to one law for the
weak. another law for the strong;
one law for those opposing us,
another for those allied with us.
There can. be only one law
or there shall be no peace.
We do not speak - let me
emphasize-in any angry spirit
of self-righteousness.
We value deeply and last
ingly-the bonds with those
great nations, those great friends,
with whom we now so plainly
disagree. And I, for one, am
confident that those bonds will
do more than survive.
They can-and must-grow
to new and greater strength.
We realize, too, that, in the
relations of Nations. there often
exists a just and proper area for
compromise.
But this we know above all:
There are some firm principles
that cannot bend---they can only
break. And we shall not break
ours.
We believe that integrity Of
purpose is the fact that must,
most surely, identify and fortifyl
the free world in its struggle
against Soviet communism.
We cannot proclaim this in
tegrity when the issue is easy
and stifle it when the issue is
hard.
To do this would be to do
something worse than merely
making our great struggle in the
world more difficult. For if we
ever were to lose that integrity
there would be no way to win
a true victory in that struggle.
This would be a surrender that
We shall not make.
We Will Practice Peace
My fellow citizens, we look
beyond these days. and we say:
We shall continue to practice
the peace that we preach.
We believe that humanity
must now cease preying upon
itself. We believe that the power
of modern weapons makes war
not only perilous but pre-
posterous-and the only way to
win World War III is to prevent
1t.
We continue to build our
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