We cannot lift others by lowering ourselves.
"many Americans have been led to believe that our country is so strong
that it can defend, feed and subsidize half the world, while at the same
time believing that we are so weak and “inter-dependent” that we cannot
survive without pooling our resources and sovereignty with those we
subsidize. If wanting no part of this kind of “logic” is isolationism,
then it is time we brought it back into vogue."
-Ezra Taft Benson
(Address delivered on June 21, 1968, at the Farm Bureau Banquet in Preston, Idaho)
If isolation means daring to stand alone, this message one year ago has added depth:
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