have heard with deep dismay the crack of rifle fire and the whine of jet bombers over the deserts of Egypt.” In such an anxious time, he asked, what does American stand for? “What are the marks of America—and what do they mean to the world?” He gave a clear answer: Americans believed in the rule of law. That principle had won the admiration of so many millions of the world’s peoples. America was a land without “class or caste,” a country that did not judge a man by his “name or inheritance.” It was America’s mission to uphold the rule of law around the world. “There can be no second-class
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