Eisenhower and the 'Age of Terror'

[Jara sang]

State of the Union Address 1958

{snip}

My profoundest conviction is that the American people will say, as one man: No matter what the exertions or sacrifices, we shall maintain that necessary strength!

But we could make no more tragic mistake than merely to concentrate on military strength.

For if we did only this, the future would hold nothing for the world but an Age of Terror.

And so our second task is to do the constructive work of building a genuine peace. We must never become so preoccupied with our desire for military strength that we neglect those areas of economic development, trade, diplomacy, education, ideas and principles where the foundations of real peace must be laid.

http://janda.org/politxts/State%20of%20Union%20Addresses/1953-1961%20Eisenhower/DDE58.html

[Wonk]

1. Thanks for posting. k & r

[grannylib]

2. And we wonder sometimes why there seem to have been no Republican

presidents between Lincoln and RayGuns...
They sure do like to ignore Ike, don't they??

[Jara sang]

3. kick!

:kick:

[Jara sang]

4. one more time.

:kick:

[merh]

5. K&R

:kick: