"These proposals spring, without ulterior purpose or political passion, from our calm conviction that the hunger for peace is in the hearts of all peoples--those of Russia and of China no less than of our own country. They conform to our firm faith that God created men to enjoy, not destroy, the fruits of the earth and of their own toil."
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Dwight D. Eisenhower in his The Chance for Peace speech shortly after taking office and following the death of Joseph Stalin.
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