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maintain this nation a« a bastion and arsenal of freedcm in a world where tyrannies are on the march. The warning signs are up. The prospect of more tax reduction, held out a short time ago, has all but vanished. Informed talk now is of possi ble tax increases. The welfare state plans, whatever one may think of their desirability, will, it seems certain, j be cut back. At the highest, levels of government, new and urgent fears of more inflation have recently found a placeand there is more and more realization of the fact that pro- '
tection of the dollar is abso- { lutely essential to this nation’s strength and even survival. ' It is easy, in a time of gen eral prosperity, for a people i to avoid problems—to look ! away from clotrds on the horizon. It is also fatal, as history , has proven over and over again. The strength of the United States cannot be measured merely in material gains. These, in the long run, are the least of the story. That strength must be measured in moral and spirit ual values that place freedom above all things, and a determination to protect our freedom whatever the costs. The mass man is destined for a well-deserved obscurity. Re spect for the individual"* a knowledge that no two ofr;us are precisely alike, a pfyfound belief in the worth arid dignity of each of us—these were the principles op which this nation was built. They must be sustained if this nation is to endure. Let us enjoy our material advantages. But, above all, let us put them in per!spective--a nd never forget !that a life of freedom means I infinitely more.
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