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The time has come to rise above
petty passions and transient things.
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If indeed war were to break out it would
not be in our power to stop it,
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for such is the logic of war.
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I have participated in two such wars
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and I know that it ends only after
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it has rolled through cities and villages
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everywhere sowing death and destruction.
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Mr. President, you are mistaken
to think of the missiles in Cuba
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as offensive weapons.
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As a military man,
you should understand that missiles,
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like old-fashioned cannon
cannot be considered
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defensive or offensive.
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Be calm in this regard we are
of sound mind.
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We understand that if we attack,
you will respond,
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and you understand that
then you will receive
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what you hurl against us.
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We are normal people,
we correctly understand the situation.
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Only lunatics or suicides who
themselves want to die
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and to destroy the whole world
before they die
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would undertake what you
accuse us of undertaking.
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The reason we shipped missiles to Cuba
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was because your government
attempted to overthrow
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the Cuban government,
just as your government
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attempted to overthrow our government
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after our revolution in 1917.
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You have admitted as much to me,
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and I have admitted those mistakes
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which have occurred
in the history of my state,
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and which I have acknowledged
and condemned.
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Mr. President, you have every right,
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you have every right to be concerned
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about the peace and welfare of
your people.
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I am no less concerned with mine.
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Let us join in a statesman like approach.
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This is what I propose: