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taxes and set up a retirement program a pension plan for all his employees. He sent monthly checks for life to an employee who was ill and couldn 't work. He provides nursing care for the children of mothers who work in the stores. When Mexico was ravaged by the floods in the rio grande he climbed in his airplane and flew medicine and supplies down there An ex-GI told me how he met him. It was the week before Christmas during the Korean War, and he was at the Los angeles airport trying to get a ride home to Arizona for Christmas. And he said that [there were] a lot of servicemen there and no seats availa ble on the pla nes. and then a voice came over the loudspeaker and said "Any men in uniform wanting a ride to Arizona, go to runway such-and-such, and they went down there, and there was a fellow named Barry Goldwater sitting in his plane. Every day in those weeks before Christmas, all day long he'd load up the plane, fly it to arizona fly them to their homes fly back over to get another load During the hectic split-second timing of a campaign this is a man who took time out to sit beside an old friend who was dying of cancer. His campaign managers were understandably impatient but he said ,There aren't many left who care what happens to her. I'd like her to know I care. This is a man who said to his 19-year-old son, There is no foundation like the rock of hones ty and fairness, and when you begin to build your life on that rock, with the cement of the faith in God that you have then you have a real start. This is not a man who could carelessly send other people' s sons to war. And that is the issue of this campa ign that make all the other problems i've discussed academic, unless we realize were in a war that must be won Those who would trade our freedom for the soup kitchen of the welf are state have told us they have a utopian solution of peace without victory they call their policy accommodation And they say if well only avo id any direct conf rotation w ith the enemy, he'll forget his evil ways and learn to love us. All who oppose them are indicted as warmongers. They say we offer simple answers to complex problems Well, perhaps there is a simple answer -- not an easy answer -- but simple: If you and i have the courage to tell our elected off icials that we want our national policy based on what we know in our hearts is morally right. We cannot buy our security our freedom from the threat of the bomb by committing an immorality so great as saying to a billion human be ings now ens laved behind the Iron Curta in Give up your dreams of freedom because to save our own skins, were illing to make a deal w ith your slave masters. Alexander Hamilton sa id,"A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one Now let's set the record straight. There's no argument over the choice between peace and war, but there's only one guaranteed way you can have peace --and you can have it in the next second - surrendertaxes and set up a retirement program, a pension plan for all his employees. He sent monthly checks for life to an employee who was ill and couldn't work. He provides nursing care for the children of mothers who work in the stores. When Mexico was ravaged by the floods in the Rio Grande, he climbed in his airplane and flew medicine and supplies down there. An ex-GI told me how he met him. It was the week before Christmas during the Korean War, and he was at the Los Angeles airport trying to get a ride home to Arizona for Christmas. And he said that [there were] a lot of servicemen there and no seats available on the planes. And then a voice came over the loudspeaker and said, "Any men in uniform wanting a ride to Arizona, go to runway such-and-such," and they went down there, and there was a fellow named Barry Goldwater sitting in his plane. Every day in those weeks before Christmas, all day long, he'd load up the plane, fly it to Arizona, fly them to their homes, fly back over to get another load. During the hectic split-second timing of a campaign, this is a man who took time out to sit beside an old f riend who was dying of cancer. His campaign managers were understandably impatient, but he said, "There aren't many lef t who care what happens to her. I'd like her to know I care." This is a man who said to his 19-year-old son, "There is no foundation like the rock of honesty and fairness, and when you begin to build your life on that rock, with the cement of the faith in God that you have, then you have a real start." This is not a man who could carelessly send other people's sons to war. And that is the issue of this campaign that makes all the other problems I've discussed academic, unless we realize we're in a war that must be won. Those who would trade our f reedom for the soup kitchen of the welfare state have told us they have a utopian solution of peace without victory. They call their policy "accommodation." And they say if we'll only avoid any direct conf rontation with the enemy, he'll forget his evil ways and learn to love us. All who oppose them are indicted as warmongers. They say we of fer simple answers to complex problems. Well, perhaps there is a simple answer -- not an easy answer -- but simple: If you and I have the courage to tell our elected officials that we want our national policy based on what we know in our hearts is morally right. We cannot buy our security, our f reedom from the threat of the bomb by committing an immorality so great as saying to a billion human beings now enslaved behind the Iron Curtain, "Give up your dreams of freedom because to save our own skins, we're willing to make a deal with your slave masters." Alexander Hamilton said, "A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one." Now let's set the record straight. There's no argument over the choice between peace and war, but there's only one guaranteed way you can have peace -- and you can have it in the next second -- surrender
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