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To Be A Statesman, You Must First Get Elected.

We Are Trying To Remake Vietnamese Society, A Task Which Certainly Cannot Be Accomplished By Force And Which Probably Cannot Be Accomplished By Any Means Available To Outsiders.

With Respect To The Creation Of The Program, I Introduced The Bill In September 1945, Immediately After The End Of The War With Japan, In August Of That Year. A Number Of Considerations, Of Course, Entered Into My Decision To Introduce The Bill, Growing From My Own Experience As A Rhodes Scholar And The Experiences Our Government Had Had With The First Word War Debts, [herbert] Hoover's Efforts In Establishing The Belgian-american Education Foundation After World War I, [and] The Boxer Rebellion Indemnity.

Once Imbued With The Idea Of A Mission, A Great Nation Easily Assumes That It Has The Means As Well As The Duty To Do God's Work.

Finally, The Program Aims, Through These Means, To Bring A Little More Knowledge, A Little More Reason, And A Little More Compassion Into World Affairs And Thereby To Increase The Chance That Nations Will Learn At Last To Live In Peace And Friendship.