At Least I Have Precluded The Possibility

I Always Thought Of Myself As A Good Old South Dakota Boy Who Grew Up Here On The Prairie.

I Don't Think The American People Had A Clear Picture Of Either Nixon Or Me. I Think They Thought That Nixon Was A Strong, Decisive, Tough-minded Guy And That I Was An Idealist And Antiwar Guy Who Might Not Attach Enough Significance To The Security Of The Country. The Truth Is, I Was The Guy With The War Record, And My Opposition To Vietnam Was Because I Was Interested In The Nation's Well-being.

I Thought The Vietnam War Was An Utter, Unmitigated Disaster, So It Was Very Hard For Me To Say Anything Good About It.

To Those Who Charge That Liberalism Has Been Tried And Found Wanting, I Answer That The Failure Is Not In The Idea, But In The Course Of Recent History. The New Deal Was Ended By World War Ii. The New Frontier Was Closed By Berlin And Cuba Almost Before It Was Opened. And The Great Society Lost Its Greatness In The Jungles Of Indochina.

The Earth Has Enough Knowledge And Resources To Eradicate This Ancient Scourge. Hunger Has Plagued The World For Thousands Of Years. But Ending It Is A Greater Moral Imperative Now Than Ever Before, Because For The First Time Humanity Has The Instruments At Hand To Defeat This Cruel Enemy At A Very Reasonable Cost. We Have The Ability To Provide Food For All Within The Next Three Decades.