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Fulbright, J. William

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N.B.C. Nov. 23 Washington, D.C. I have a very serious purpose in speaking to you tonight. It is simply to ask of you, with all the conviction of which I am capable, to give serious and solemn thought, as citizens of this republic. to the policies which your government and my government is currently following in its relations with other nations. During the forty years of my life I, like you, have enjoyed the opportunity for the good life afforded to us "by this country. You and I, as citizens of this Republic have more to lose by a breakdown of civilization,than any other people on earth. I like many of you, have two children, 6 and 9 years old. I would like, as I am sure you would like, to see our children grow up in a world in which they too might have an opportunity for a decent home, with friends and a family of their own. I do not want to have them blown to bits by an atomic bomb, nor do I want them tortured and exterminated in slave labor camps by a new dictator. Surely it is not asking too much that all of us who have been spared the real suffering in this war, should now devote our most serious thoughts to the prevention of these fantastic horrors for our children. I am asking that you give your best attention to our foreign affairs, because I know that you want a decent world for...
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