This We Will Do: Toward a Peaceful World

In the pursuit of our national objectives and in the exercise of American power in the world, we assert that the United States should:

Continue to accept its world responsibilities—not turn inward and isolate ourselves from the cares and aspirations of mankind;

Seek a world of diversity and peaceful change, where men can choose their own governments and where each nation can determine its own destiny without external interference;

Resist the temptation to try to mold the world, or any part of it, in our own image, or to become the self-appointed policeman of the world;

Call on other nations, great and small, to contribute a fair share of effort and resources to world peace and development;

Honor our treaty obligations to our allies; Seek always to strengthen and improve the United Nations and other international peace-keeping arrangements and meet breaches or threatened breaches of the peace according to our carefully assessed interests and resources;

In pursuing these objectives, we will insure that our policies will be subject to constant review so they reflect our true national interests in a changing world.

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Chicago: "This We Will Do: Toward a Peaceful World," Democratic Party Platform of 1968 in Donald B. Johnson, Ed. National Party Platforms, 1840–1976. Supplement 1980. (Champaign-Urbana: University of Illinois), P.723 724. Original Sources, accessed April 18, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=4WJ13WTBRV22ADK.

MLA: . "This We Will Do: Toward a Peaceful World." Democratic Party Platform of 1968, in Donald B. Johnson, Ed. National Party Platforms, 1840–1976. Supplement 1980. (Champaign-Urbana: University of Illinois), P.723, page 724. Original Sources. 18 Apr. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=4WJ13WTBRV22ADK.

Harvard: , 'This We Will Do: Toward a Peaceful World' in Democratic Party Platform of 1968. cited in , Donald B. Johnson, Ed. National Party Platforms, 1840–1976. Supplement 1980. (Champaign-Urbana: University of Illinois), P.723, pp.724. Original Sources, retrieved 18 April 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=4WJ13WTBRV22ADK.