○  英语演讲稿：the great silent majority  ○

we americans are a do-it-yourself people -- we’re an impatient people.  instead of teaching someone else to do a job, we like to do it ourselves.  and this trait has been carried over into our foreign policy.

in korea, and again in vietnam, the united states furnished most of the money, most of the armament and most of the men to help the people of those countries defend their freedom against communist aggressions.

before any american troops were committed to vietnam, a leader of another asian country expressed this opinion to me when i was traveling in asia as a private citizen.

he said:  “when you are trying to assist another nation defend its freedom, united states policy should be to help them fight the war, but not to fight the war for them.”

well in accordance with this wise counsel, i laid down in guam three principles of guidelines for future american policy toward asia .

first, the united states will deep all of its treaty commitments.

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