HONORABLE JACK KEMP REMARKS PREPARED FOR DELIVERY BEFORE THE WASHINGTON INSTITUTE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS

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• Publication Date: March 8, 1985
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20515
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FOR RELEASE; FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1985
HONORABLE JACK KEMP
REMARKS PREPARED FOR DELIVERY BEFORE THE
WASHINGTON INSTITUTE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:
PERHAPS NO AMERICAN PRESIDENT THOUGHT THROUGH THE MEANING OF
DEMOCRATIC REVOLUTION SO COMPLETELY AS ABRAHAM LINCOLN, WHO FACED
THE WORST~REBELLION THE UNITED STATES EVER SUFFERED. I'D LIKE TO
REPEAT~SOMETHING HE ONCE SAID ABOUT MEXICO WHEN HE WAS A MEMBER
OF CONGRESS:
ANY PEOPLE ANYWHERE, BEING INCLINED AND HAVING THE
POWER, HAVE THE RIGHT TO. RISE UP, AND SHAKE OFF THE
EXISTING GOVERNMENT, AND FORM A NEW ONE THAT SUITS
THEM BETTER. THIS IS A MOST VALUABLE, -- A MOST SACRED
RIGHT -- A RIGHT, WHICH WE HOPE AND BELIEVE, IS TO
LIBERATE THE WORLD.
LINCOLN SAID THIS BECAUSE HE UNDERSTOOD THAT AMERICAN
DEMOCRACY HAD BEEN FOUNDED ON A REVOLUTION AGAINST TYRANNY.
TODAY THAT SAME HUMAN RIGHT IS STRUGGLING TO LIBERATE LARGE
PARTS OF THE WORLD -- IN ANGOLA, AFGHANISTAN, IN MOZAMBIQUE AND
PARTS OF SOUTHEAST ASIA -- AND PARTICULARLY IN NICARAGUA. THE
PEOPLE OF THESE NATIONS ARE FIGHTING AGAINST TOTALITARIAN RULERS
FAR MORE DESPOTIC THAN ANYTHING JEFFERSON OR LINCOLN EVER
IMAGINED'.
WE AMERICANS MUST REACH A FUNDAMENTAL DECISION, A DECISION
THAT WILL GUIDE OUR FOREIGN POLICY FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE.
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WHAT IS AMERICA'S PLACE IN THE DEMOCRATIC REVOLUTION THAT IS
SWEEPING THE WORLD? WOULDN'T IT BE IRONIC -- AS WELL AS TRAGIC
-- IF THE NATION WHOSE OWN DEMOCRATIC REVOLUTION LIGHTED THE
SPARK OF GLOBAL LIBERTY TWO CENTURIES AGO NOW DECIDED THAT RIGHT
BELONGED TO US ALONE?
BUT, FRANKLY, I DON'T BELIEVE THE PEOPLE OF AMERICA, THE
SUCCESS OF WHOSE OWN REVOLUTION DEPENDED ON RECEIVING ASSISTANCE
FROM OTHER NATIONS, WILL DESERT FREEDOM-FIGHTING PEOPLES
ELSEWHERE, ESPECIALLY NOT OUR CENTRAL AMERICAN NEIGHBORS. I DO
THINK THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH ELITE OPINION, WHICH IS FOCUSED IN
CONGRESS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE AISLE. ,
IN 1983 I WAS PLEASED TO HAVE BEEN APPOINTED AN ADVISOR TO
THE COMMISSION FIRST PROPOSED BY THE LATE SENATOR "SCOOP"
JACKSON, THE BIPARTISAN COMMISSION ON CENTRAL AMERICA. THE
POLITICALLY DIVERSE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY
ENDORSED THE EXTENSIVE AND DETAILED RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE FINAL
REPORT. IT FOUND THAT THERE WAS A REAL THREAT OF SOVIET-CUBAN
AGGRESSION IN THE REGION WHICH WAS SEPARATE AND INDEPENDENT OF
THE CAUSES FOR LOCAL DISCONTENT. THE COMMISSION FOUND THAT CUBA
AND THE SANDINISTAS WERE ENGAGED IN EFFORTS TO UNDERMINE A
DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED GOVERNMENT OF EL SALVADOR AND OTHER
GOVERNMENTS IN THE REGION.
THE COMMISSION RECOMMENDED GREATLY INCREASED AND MORE
EFFECTIVE ECONOMIC AND SECURITY ASSISTANCE TO THOSE GOVERNMENTS.
WITH RESPECT TO NICARAGUA, THE COMMISSION CONCLUDED THAT MERE
STATIC CONTAINMENT WAS NOT ENOUGH. IT RECOMMENDED CONTINUING ALL
SOURCES OF PRESSURE AGAINST THE SANDINISTA GOVERNMENT, TO HELP
PROMOTE INTERNAL DEMOCRATIZATION AND REGIONAL SECURITY.
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SOME OF THE JACKSON COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE BEEN
IMPLEMENTED. OUR FOREIGN AID FOR THE REGION HAS BEEN
SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED, ALTHOUGH NOT QUITE TO THE LEVELS
RECOMMENDED. HOWEVER, WE HAVE FAILED TO ACHIEVE A CONSENSUS IN
CONGRESS OVER THE HEART OF THE PROBLEM IN CENTRAL AMERICA.
OVER THE PAST YEAR, THE "FREEDOM FIGHTERS" IN NICARAGUA HAVE
BROADENED THEIR BASE OF POPULAR SUPPORT. LAST FRIDAY, THEY BEGAN
A DRAMATIC "PEACE OFFENSIVE" BY ISSUING A MANIFESTO IN SAN JOSE,
WHICH CALLS UPON THE SANDINISTAS TO PARTICIPATE IN A NATIONAL
DIALOGUE TO END THE CRISIS IN NICARAGUA. THE "CONTRAS" ARE
SEEKING A CONSTITUTIONAL, NOT NECESSARILY A MILITARY, SOLUTION.
STILL, A BLOC IN CONGRESS HAS CONTINUALLY RESISTED THE IDEA
OF THE UNITED STATES PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR THE "CONTRAS" AGAINST
THE MARXIST REGIME. IGNORING THE CENTRALITY OF THE MARXIST
SANDINISTAS TO THE INSTABILITY OF CENTRAL AMERICA IS A LITTLE
LIKE TRYING TO TREAT A CANCER WITH PLACEBOS.
THE PROBLEM LIES WITH NICARAGUA; SO DOES THE SOLUTION.
IN MID APRIL, WE'LL HAVE A VOTE ON RELEASING $14 MILLION
FOR THE CONTRAS IN NICARAGUA. WHILE THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN
ELOQUENT IN HIS DEFENSE OF THE FREEDOM FIGHTERS, MANY IN THE
CONGRESS STILL BELIEVE THAT WHAT HAPPENS IN NICARAGUA IS NOT
VITAL TO HEMISPHERIC PEACE AND STABILITY. AND PUBLIC OPINION HAS
BECOME CONFUSED IN DEBATES ABOUT COVERT ACTION AND IS IN DANGER
~OF LOSING ITS BEARINGS ABOUT WHAT IS RIGHT AND ABOUT WHAT IS IN
OUR NATIONAL INTEREST.
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WHAT IS THE UNITED STATES TO DO ABOUT NICARAGUA?
WITHOUT A FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE IN THE GOVERNMENT OF NICARAGUA,
THE STABILITY OF CENTRAL AMERICA -- AND INDEED ULTIMATELY OF OUR
HEMISPHERE -- WILL BE SEVERELY CHALLENGED. WHAT WILL THE UNITED
STATES DO ABOUT THIS THREAT TO DEMOCRACY AND THE SECURITY OF OUR
HEMISPHERE? THAT IS THE HEART OF THE MATTER. DEBATES OVER COVERT
VERSUS OVERT OPERATIONS ONLY DIVERT OUR ATTENTION AWAY FROM WHAT
THE UNITED STATES, AS LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD, SHOULD DO.
THERE ARE TWO PATHS BEFORE US. EACH FINDS EXPRESSION IN
LAW. AND THEY ARE MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE.
A. POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF' THE BOLAND AMENDMENT
THE FIRST IS THE BOLAND AMENDMENT, WHICH PROHIBITS THE
UNITED STATES FROM SEEKING TO BRING DOWN A MARXIST REGIME. IT
WAS ONE OF THOSE "NON-CONTROVERSIAL" AMENDMENTS CASUALLY PASSED
BY VOICE VOTE. IN FACT, BECAUSE THIS WAS A HIGHLY SECRET
PROGRAM, THE HOUSE MEMBERSHIP AT LARGE WAS BASICALLY IGNORANT OF
THE EXTENT TO WHICH FREEDOM FIGHTERS IN NICARAGUA DEPENDED ON THE
U.S. FOR HELP.
WHATEVER THE INTENT OF ITS SPONSORS, THE EFFECT OF THE
AMENDMENT IS TO INHIBIT ACTS OF UNILATERAL OR COLLECTIVE'SELF-
DEFENSE. HAD A "BOLAND AMENDMENT" BEEN IN FORCE WITH RESPECT TO
GRENADA, THERE WOULD BE A RADICAL CUBAN-ALLIED GOVERNMENT THERE
TODAY. YET THIS IS STILL LAW WITH RESPECT TO NICARAGUA, FROM
WHICH THE SANDINISTAS CAN TAKE COMFORT.
IF WE ARE TO FOLLOW THE POLICY PATH BEGUN BY THE BOLAND
AMENDMENT AND WITHDRAW OUR SUPPORT FROM THE FREEDOM FIGHTERS,
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UNITED STATES DO AS THE SANDINSITAS CONSOLIDATE THEIR HOLD OVER
THE NICARAGUAN PEOPLE? WHAT WILL-THE LIBERALS WHO SAY THEY CARE
ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS DO ABOUT MEN LIKE ARTURO CRUZ, WHO HAS
DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO ADVANCING THE CIVIL LIBERTIES OF HIS
PEOPLE? OR PEDRO JUAQUIN CHAMORRO, WHO FLED NICARAGUA WHEN THE
GOVERNMENT SHUT DOWN HIS PAPER LA PRENSA? WHAT WILL THEY DO
ABOUT THE THOUSANDS OF MISKITO INDIANS WHO RAN FROM AERIAL
BOMBINGS AND GUNFIRE TO ESCAPE TO HONDURAS? WHAT WILL THEY DO
ABOUT THE LEADERS OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN NICARAGUA THREATENED
WITH STATE CENSORSHIP? WHAT WILL THEY DO ABOUT THE TINY JEWISH
MINORITY FACING RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION? .AND WHAT WILL THEY DO
ABOUT THE POLITICAL PRISONERS JAILED FOR DARING TO SPEAK THEIR
MIND ABOUT SANDINISTA REPRESSION?
IF THEY MANAGE TO LOOK AWAY FROM THE BRUTALITIES OF A
TOTALITARIAN REGIME WITHIN NICARAGUA, WHAT WILL THEY DO AS THE
SANDINSITAS PUT THEIR BLOATED MILITARY TO WORK AGAINST
NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES? WHAT WILL THEY DO AS THE SANDINISTAS STEP
UP ARMS SUPPLIES AND LOGISTICS SUPPORT FOR SUBVERSIVES IN
NEIGHBORING HONDURAS AND EL SALVADOR? WHAT WILL THEY DO ABOUT
DEFENSELESS COSTA RICA? WHAT OF GUATEMALA? PANAMA? MEXICO?
WHERE WILL IT STOP?
AS PRESIDENT REAGAN HAS POINTED OUT, "THE SANDINISTA
.GOVERNMENT...(IS] LINKING UP WITH THE TERRORISTS OF IRAN, LIBYA,
.THE RED BRIGADES, AND THE PLO. THE SANDINISTAS AREN'T DEMOCRATS
BUT COMMUNISTS, NOT LOVERS OF FREEDOM BUT OF POWER, NOT BUILDERS
OF A PEACEFUL NATION BUT CREATORS OF A FORTRESS NICARAGUA THAT
INTENDS TO EXPORT COMMUNISM BEYOND ITS BORDERS."
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I DO NOT BELIEVE THE BOLAND AMENDMENT SUPPORTERS UNDERSTAND
THE OBJECTIVE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN "YANKEE IMPERIALISM" AND THE
.PRESERVATION OF FREEDOM. THE TIME TO STOP THE SPREAD OF MARXISM
IN CENTRAL AMERICA IS NOW. THE LONGER WE WAIT, THE HEAVIER THE
COST.
B. POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF THE KENNEDY LEGISLATION
TWENTY YEARS AGO, CONGRESS ENACTED LEGISLATION THAT IS VERY
DIFFERENT FROM THE BOLAND AMENDMENT. IN 1962, IN THE WAKE OF THE
CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS AND AS AN INHERENT PART OF THE RESOLUTION OF
THAT CONFLICT, THE CONGRESS PASSED PUBLIC LAW 87-733, WHICH
READS:
THE UNITED STATES IS DETERMINED TO PREVENT BY WHATEVER
MEANS MAY BE NECESSARY... THE MARXIST LENINIST REGIME
IN CUBA FROM EXTENDING... ITS AGGRESSIVE AND SUBVERSIVE
ACTIVITIES TO ANY PART OF THIS HEMISPHERE...
THIS STATUTE WAS SIGNED INTO LAW BY PRESIDENT KENNEDY, AND
REAFFIRMED JUST THREE YEARS AGO BY THE UNITED STATES SENATE. IT
IS STILL ON THE BOOKS. IT IS STILL THE LAW OF THE LAND THAT THE
UNITED STATES WILL ACTIVELY OPPOSE CUBAN-BACKED SUBVERSION IN
THIS HEMISPHERE. TAE BOLAND AMENDMENT FLATLY CONTRADICTS THIS
LONG-STANDING LAW BY EXEMPTING NICARAGUA FROM ITS PROTECTION.
WHICH IS U.S. POLICY? ARE WE COMMITTED TO OPPOSING MARXIST
REGIMES IN THIS HEMISPHERE, AS THE KENNEDY STATUTE SAYS, OR ARE
WE COMMITTED TO NEUTRALITY AS BETWEEN AGGRESSION AND SELF-
DETERMINATION, AS THE BOLAND AMENDMENT PRESCRIBES? ANSWERING'
THIS FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION IS FAR MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANY DEBATES
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OVER ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES TO STRUCTURING OUR ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
THE LEGISLATION PROMOTED BY PRESIDENT KENNEDY WAS MEANT AS A
WARNING TO THE SOVIETS THAT THE UNITED STATES WOULD TOLERATE NO
MORE CUBAS IN THIS HEMISPHERE. NICARAGUA IS THE FIRST REAL TEST
OF OUR RESOLVE. IF WE FAIL THAT TEST, I DO NOT DOUBT WE WILL
INVITE SOVIET ADVENTURISM BOTH HERE AND IN PLACES FAR REMOVED
FROM OUR SHORES.
I REJECT THE BOLAND AMENDMENT AND THE PREMISES THAT UNDERLIE
IT. THE PRINCIPLE OF NON-INTERFERENCE IN THE DOMESTIC AFFAIRS OF
OTHER STATES DOES NOT OVERRIDE OUR MORAL OBLIGATION TO SUPPORT
THE BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS OF PEOPLE STRUGGLING AGAINST TOTALITARIAN
REGIMES. IN NICARAGUA AND SIMILAR REGIMES, INTERNAL REPRESSION
AND EXTERNAL AGGRESSION GO HAND IN HAND. THE'LATTER CANNOT
EFFECTIVELY BE ADDRESSED WITHOUT ADDRESSING THE FORMER. THE
PRINCIPLE OF NON-INTERFERENCE DOES NOT OVERRIDE THE
RESPONSIBILITY OF OUR GOVERNMENT TO PROVIDE FOR OUR SELF DEFENSE,
OR TO MEET THE MUTUAL SECURITY COMMITMENTS WE HAVE WITH OUR
ALLIES. IT IS NOT IN AMERICA'S INTEREST -- NOR IN THE INTEREST
OF FREEDOM -- TO ENFORCE THE BREZHNEV DOCTRINE THROUGH THE MORAL
AND POLITICAL WEIGHT OF OUR LAW.
IN SUPPORT OF SELF-DETERMINATION FOR NICARAGUA
I AM OPTIMISTIC THAT WE CAN WIN THE BATTLE IN CONGRESS TO
CONTINUE OUR PRESENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, AS THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
COME TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS AT STAKE IN CENTRAL AMERICA. OUR
SUPPORT FOR THE FREEDOM FIGHTERS REMAINS T~iE BEST HOPE FOR SELF-
DETERMINATION FOR THE NICARAGUAN PEOPLE. AS CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER
HAS POINTED OUT, ARTURO CRUZ IS NOW ASKING CONGRESS TO PROVIDE
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AID TO THE CONTRAS PRECISELY BECAUSE THEY CONSTITUTE THE ONLY
REMAINING OBSTACLE TO AN ENTRENCHED MARXIST-LENINIST
DICTATORSHIP. THAT IS WHY THE BIPARTISAN JACKSON COMMISSION
RECOMMENDED SUSTAINING ALL SOURCES OF PRESSURE AVAILABLE AGAINST
THE SANDINISTA GOVERNMENT TO FORCE IT TO LIVE UP TO THE PROMISES
IT MADE THE OAS -- INCLUDING FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS.
SOME COMMENTATORS HAVE RAISED THE POSSIBILITY OF WITHDRAWING
DIPLOMATIC RECOGNITION FROM THE SANDINISTA REGIME, AND VESTING IT
IN A GOVERNMENT-IN-EXILE COMPOSED OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
VARIOUS ELEMENTS OF THE RESISTANCE FORCES.
THERE IS MUCH TO COMMEND SUCH AN APPROACH. AS FRIDAY'S
MANIFESTO IN SAN JOSE DEMONSTRATES, THE DIFFERENT RESISTANCE
ELEMENTS ARE FORGING GREATER UNITY AMONG THEMSELVES, IN PURSUIT
OF POLITICAL LIBERTIES AND PEACE. A RESISTANCE GOVERNMENT IN
EXILE WOULD BE FAR MORE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE NICARAGUAN PEOPLE
THAN THE TOTALITARIAN GOVERNMENT THAT IS CURRENTLY JAILING
DISSIDENTS, BREAKING UP FREE TRADE UNIONS, DISRUPTING RELIGIOUS
PRACTICES, AND SHUTTING DOWN ANY SEMBLANCE OF A FREE PRESS.
ON THE OTHER HAND, WITHDRAWING RECOGNITION OF THE
SANDINISTAS WOULD MEAN THAT THE CONTADORA EFFORT WAS AT AN END.
NOW THAT MAY WELL BE THE CASE ANYWAY, IN LIGHT OF NICARAGUA'S
INTRANSIGENCE. BUT SUCH A DIPLOMATIC GAUNTLET WOULD ALSO
COMPLICATE THE WORK OF THE OAS SO LONG AS THE SANDINISTAS
RETAINED THEIR STANDING WITH THAT BODY.
YET I WOULD BE WILLING TO RECOMMEND SUCH AN UNPRECEDENTED
COURSE OF ACTION WERE I TO BECOME CONVINCED THAT THAT WAS THE
ONLY WAY, WE COULD SECURE THE NECESSARY DOMESTIC SUPPORT FOR OUR
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR THE FREEDOM FIGHTERS.
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THE SANDINISTA GOVERNMENT CAME TO POWER UNDER FALSE
PRETENSES. IT WOULD BE FITTING IF IT SHOULD NOW FORFEIT ITS
DIPLOMATIC STANDING BY REASON OF THE BETRAYAL OF ITS PROMISES TO
THE OAS AND THE PEOPLE OF NICARAGUA. AT A MINIMUM, WITHDRAWAL OF
U.S. RECOGNITION WOULD SET THE HEALTHY PRECEDENT THAT THIS
COUNTRY REJECTS THE LEGITIMACY OF, ANY TOTALITARIAN REGIME IN THIS
HEMISPHERE.
INDEED, I LOOK FORWARD TO THE DAY WHEN MEN LIKE ARTURO CRUZ
ARE ONCE AGAIN SENIOR MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNMENT IN NICARAGUA -- A
GOVERNMENT FREELY AND FAIRLY ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE OF NICARAGUA.
AMERICA'S ROLE IN THE DEMOCRATIC REVOLUTION
WE MUST DECIDE WHERE OUR PLACE WILL BE IN THE DEMOCRATIC
REVOLUTION THAT IS WELLING UP AMONG SO MANY PEOPLES OF THE WORLD.
THE PHILOSOPHER, JOHN STUART MILL, BELIEVED THAT THE'
DESIRE FOR LIBERTY WAS AN IRREPRESIBLE HUMAN DRIVE. WE SEE THIS
TODAY, IN AFGHANISTAN, IN NICARAGUA, AND IN OTHER PLACES AS WELL,
WHERE PEOPLE ARE FIGHTING COMMUNIST TYRANTS FOR THEIR OWN FREEDOM
AND IN THE INTEREST OF FREE PEOPLE EVERYWHERE. THEY ARE FIGHTING
OUR BATTLES.
THEY NEED EFFECTIVE HELP. WHAT IS EFFECTIVE VARIES WITH
CIRCUMSTANCES. IN AFGHANISTAN, GIVEN THE CLIMATE, THE TERRAIN
AND THE SOVIET STRATEGY OF DE-POPULATING THE COUNTRY BY USING
HELICOPTERS TO DESTROY THE PEOPLE'S ABILITY TO MARE A LIVING, THE
PEOPLE NEED FOOD, WARM CLOTHING, AND SHOULDER-FIRED ANTI-AIRCRAFT
MISSILES. FOR EVERY MISSILE WE SEND, WE COULD PERHAPS SAVE A
VILLAGE OF INNOCENT PEOPLE. IN NICARAGUA, THE CONTRAS NEED
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HEAVIER MORTARS AND THE BASIC STAPLES OF CONFLICT. BUT ABOVE
ALL, THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM BESET BY A WORLDWIDE, SOVIET-LED
COALITION REQUIRES A FORTHRIGHT CHAMPION.
FREEDOM FIGHTERS, WHETHER IN NICARAGUA OR ELSEWHERE, WERE NOT
CREATED BY THE UNITED STATES. THEY WERE CREATED BY "A LONG TRAIN
OF ABUSES AND USURPATIONS EVINC[ING] A DESIGN TO REDUCE THEM
UNDER ABSOLUTE DESPOTISM", AS WE SAID IN DECLARING OUR
INDEPENDENCE FROM ENGLAND TWO CENTURIES AGO. FREEDOM AND HUMAN
RIGHTS DEFEATED OPPRESSION THEN,~AND LIGHTED PEOPLE'S HOPES FOR
FREEDOM EVERYWHERE.
IN THE LONG RUN NO PASSION IS MORE ENDURING THAN THE DESIRE
TO BE FREE. THE FINAL QUESTION AMERICANS MUST ANSWER IS WHETHER
WE WILL GIVE OTHERS THE ASSISTANCE THEY NEED TO ESTABLISH THEIR
DEMOCRACY, JUST AS OTHERS TWO CENTURIES AGO WERE GENEROUS AND
COMPASSIONATE ENOUGH TO HELP US ESTABLISH OURS. AND I BELIEVE
AMERICANS WILL SAY, "THAT IS RIGHT -- WE MUST HELP."
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