○  1964 republican national convention address  ○

redeem the suffering of those who will be liberated from tyranny. i can see -- and i suggest that all thoughtful men must contemplate -- the flowering of an atlantic civilization, the whole of europe reunified and freed, trading openly across its borders, communicating openly across the world.

now, this is a goal far, far more meaningful than a moon shot.

it's a -- it's a truly inspiring goal for all free men to set for themselves during the latter half of the twentieth century.

i can also see -- and all free men must thrill to -- the events of this atlantic civilization joined by its great ocean highway to the united states. what a destiny! what a destiny can be ours to stand as a great central pillar linking europe, the americas, and the venerable and vital peoples and cultures of the pacific. i can see a day when all the americas, north and south, will be linked in a mighty system, a system in which the errors and misunderstandings of the past will be submerged one by one in a rising tide of prosperity and interdependence. we know that the misunderstandings of centuries are not to be wiped away in a day or wiped away in an hour. but we pledge,  we pledge that human sympathy -- what our neighbors to the south call an attitude of "simpatico" -- no less than enlightened self'-interest will be our guide.

and i can see this atlantic civilization galvanizing and guiding emergent nations everywhere.

now i know this freedom is not the fruit of every soil. i know that our own freedom was achieved through centuries, by unremitting efforts of brave and wise men. and i know that the road to freedom is a long and a challenging road. and i know also that some men may walk away from it, that some men resist challenge, accepting the false security of governmental paternalism.

and i -- and i pledge that the america i envision in the years ahead will extend its hand in health, in teaching and in cultivation, so that all new nations will

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