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CONCLUSION 47 subtle and dangerous assumption that the United States can deter- mine the course of the whole world, either through milliary power or economic power. We condemn the concept of policing the world onty to fall into the trap of trying to buy the world’s allegiance with our largesse. The fallacy of the Pax Americana is still con- ditioning our thinking. In the not-so-remote day when we were not a great power and were still looked down upon by the Europcan powers, which were then engaged in exploiting Asia and Africa and parcelling out among themselves extraterritorial rights in China, America was admired everywhere. Refugees sought our shores. Patriots took inspiration and courage from the Declaration of Independence and the writings of Jeflerson and Lincoln, Now we are technically developed, rich, mighty—and no longer admired. The downtrodden multitudes look elsewhere, to the very elements that we are bent on destroying. We must refurbish the American dream and seek ways to enlarge it into a world dream. But we must remember that we Americans are only a small por- tion of the dreamers. The world to come must be built on international accommoda- tion and cooperation. The year 1965, when violence reached a new peak in Vietnam and the United Nations was crippled for nine months, was supposed to be International Cooperation Year. The new order struggles to be born against great difficulties. Progress in conquering disease leads to a setback in conquering poverty. The stresses of change produce strains within cach new nation, and lead to heightened tensions between nations. Americans have a natural optimism born of our experience, a faith that every condition of man can be changed for the better. If we can apply this faith with perspective and with understanding of those whose experience has been less fortunate, we will be able to share in building a world ruled by human rights and human dignity. .