If the United States and the United Nations truly want peace and security let them fulfill the hopes of the common people everywhere - let them work together to accomplish on a worldwide scale, precisely the kind of democratic association of free people which characterizes the Soviet Union today.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Peace requires global cooperation based on democratic principles like the Soviet model.
- In plain terms
- The US and UN should work with Soviets to build global democracy.
- What can you take from it?
- International peace depends on shared democratic values.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Can opposing systems coexist peacefully?
- What is the path to global security?
Another view
Different nations define democracy in conflicting ways.
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