Word: nixons
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...second half of the 20th century, Nixon went on, "can be the darkest or the brightest page in the history of civilization. The decision is in our hands...
...speechmaking done, Nixon escorted...
...Nixon's speech was a ringing retort to Soviet internal propaganda that the exhibition was not typical of U.S. life. Expecting that his speech' would reach millions of Russians (it was printed in both Pravda and Izvestia), Nixon had thrown away the State Department's proposed drafts and written his own text to take advantage of the richest propaganda opportunity the Soviet government had ever handed a U.S. official...
...what extent does this exhibition accurately present life in the U.S. as it really is?" Nixon asked. "Can only the wealthy people afford the things exhibited here?" The average U.S. factory worker, he said, can "afford to own a house, a TV set and a car in the price range of those you will see in this exhibit." Of the U.S.'s 44 million families, 31 million own their own homes. Those. 44 million families own 56 million cars, 50 million TV sets. He did not cite these statistics to boast of material wealth, said Nixon. "But what these...
...Ideal. Making a point that he hammered again and again during his visit, Nixon said: "Material progress is important, but the very heart of the American ideal is that 'man does not live by bread alone.' Progress without freedom, to use a common expression, is like 'potatoes without fat.' There is nothing we want from any other people except the right to live in peace and friendship with them...