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153. Address by Secretary of State Muskie

ll help build a more stable world. It will help remove the causes of violent and convulsive change. There is, in various places in the world, a strong tide for human rights. We see the evidence for this in Spain, in Greece, in Portugal, in Ghana, in Nigeria, in Ecuador and in Peru, in other nations which have recently embraced and strengthened democracy. America cannot claim sole credit for these developments. But we can take pride that we have encouraged abroad the freedoms we enjoy at home, for they run hand in hand. I have sketched the outlines of the foreign policy of freedom: a strong emp…