This peace we seek cannot be born of fear alone: it must be rooted in the lives of nations. There must be justice, sensed and shared by all peoples, for, without justice the world can know only a tense and unstable truce.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Second Inaugural Address of Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Peace Political theory

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Second Inaugural Address of Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential inaugural address

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Political speech

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English

Time

1957 1950s 20th century

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Eisenhower, Dwight D. "Second Inaugural Address." 21 Jan. 1957, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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