The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-01-27
Ny fellow citizens:

party but celebration of freedom
symbolizing an end as well as a be
misunderstanding renewal as wei
as change. For I have sworn befor
you and Almighty God the same sol
emn oath our forebears prescribe,
nearly a century and three quarter
ago.
The world is very different now
for man holds in the mortal hands
the power to abolish human life. AnC
yet the same revolutionary beliefs
for which our borebears fought are
still at issue around the globe-the
belief that the rights of man come
not from the generosity of the state
but from the hand of God.
We dare not forget today that
we are the heirs of that first revo-
luton. Let the word go forth from
this time and place, to friend and
foe alike, that the torch has been
passed to a new generation of
Americans-born in this century,
tempered by war, disciplined by
cold and bitter peace, proud of
our ancient heritage-and unwill-
ing to witness or permit the slow
undoing of those human rights to
which this nation has always been
committed, and to which we are
committed today.
Let every nation know, whether it
wish us well or i'll, that we shall pay
any price, bear any burden, meet any
hardship, support any friend or OPP
pose any foe in order to assure the
survival and success of liberty.
This much we pledge-and more.
To those old allies whose cultural
and spiritual origins we share, we
pledge the loyalty of faithful friends. |
United, there is little we cannot do
in a host of new cooperative VEN
lures. Divided, there is little we can
do-for we dare not meet powerful
challenge at odds and split asunder. I
To those new states whom we now
welcome to the ranks of the free, we
pledge our word that one form of
colonial control shall not have passed
merely to be replaced by far more
iron tyranny. We shall not always
expect to find them supporting our
every view. But we shall always hope
to find them strongly supporting their
own freedom-and to remember that,
in the past, those who foolishly sought
to find power by riding on the tigers
back inevitably ended up inside.
To those peoples in the huts and
villages of half the globe struggling [
to break the bonds of mass misery, {
we pledge our best efforts to help t
them help themselves, for whatever s
period is required-not because the S
Communists are doing it, not be-
cause we seek their votes, but be-
cause it is right. If the free society a
cannot help the many who are poor,
it can never save the few who are t
rich. s
To our sister republics south of J
our border, we offer special pledge :
Ito convert our good words into n
good deeds-in a new alliance for s.
assist free men and free
governments in casting off the chains
If poverty. But this peaceful revolu-
ion of hope cannot become the prey
# hostile powers. Let all our neigh
,ors know that we shall join with
hem to oppose aggression or subver-
ion anywhere in the Americas. And O,
ct every other power know that this g1
emisphere intends to remain the in
1aster of it's own house. M
To that world assembly of sover- w
ign states, the United Nations, our of
ast best hope in an age where the OF
of war have far outpaced TT
he instruments of peace, we renew til
ur pledge of support-to prevent wi
s becoming merely forum for in Sc
strengthen its shield of ca
lie new and the weak-and to en-
rye the area to which its writ may no
in. yo
Finally, to those nations who Co
would make themselves our adver-