He exhorted the youth to not take this hard-won freedom for granted and instead make greater sacrifices and work harder for the next ten years with a plan and vision to make their country strong and invincible. The nation’s defence had attracted no attention and this was not something to be proud of. Even Hitler, Tojo and Mussolini were defeated not by the power of peace and love or through chanting verses from the Bible or Dhammapada but by stronger nations that possessed superior arms, force and atom bombs, he said. After arming oneself sufficiently the country could choose to be
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