“The best way to enhance freedom in other lands is to demonstrate here that our democratic system is worthy of emulation.”
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I've used the prestige and influence of having been a president of the United States as effectively as possible. And secondly, I've still been able to carry out my commitments to peace and human rights and environmental quality and freedom and democracy and so forth.
If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement.
For this generation, ours, life is nuclear survival, liberty is human rights, the pursuit of happiness is a planet whose resources are devoted to the physical and spiritual nourishment of its inhabitants.
There's no doubt that usually a president's public image is enhanced by going to war. That never did appeal to me.
