We set an example for all to seeand in doing so we add immeasurably to the prestige and influence of our voice around the worldwhether that was intended or not. We add to our stature in all things because we have added to the quality of our own life. Those societies which fully enfranchise all their members are also the most productive and stablebright evidence that justice and morality constitute the most enlightened form of selfinterest. Mr. President. Ambassador Stevenson rightly calls civil rights "a universal issue"-"the gut issue of the modern world." Refugees are a most telling indictment of the worlds condition. So too is the cultural and religious genocide practiced by the Soviet Government. The record of current events is spread with such examples.
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