In Opposing Communism, We Are Defeating Ourselves

It Is Still A Fact That Our Common Frontier Grows Stronger Every Year, Defended Only By Friendship.

To Blend, Without Coercion, The Individual Good And The Common Good Is The Essence Of Citizenship In A Free Country.

Let Us Solemnly Remember The Sacrifices Of All Those Who Fought So Valiantly, On The Seas, In The Air, And On Foreign Shores, To Preserve Our Heritage Of Freedom, And Let Us Reconsecrate Ourselves To The Task Of Promoting An Enduring Peace So That Their Efforts Shall Not Have Been In Vain.

The United States Pledges Before You-and Therefore Before The World-its Determination To Help Solve The Fearful Atomic Dilemma-to Devote Its Entire Heart And Mind To Find The Way By Which The Miraculous Inventiveness Of Man Shall Not Be Dedicated To His Death, But Consecrated To His Life.

Whatever America Hopes To Bring To Pass In The World Must First Come To Pass In The Heart Of America.