THE GREAT GEORGE WASHINGTON, THE FOREMOST
MODERN PIONEER OF LIBERTY, WHO WON
INDEPENDENCE FOR HIS COUNTRY BY DRIVING OUT THE
FOREIGN DESPOTSOPPRESSING IT, IS THAT MAN WHOSE
EXAMPLE INSPIRES AND INFLUENCES ME MOST DEEPLY.
AMERICA IS THE OLDEST DEMOCRACYIN THE WEST AND
OURS IS THE YOUNGEST IN THE ANCIENT WORLD.
| TO THE GREATAMERICAN NATION:
YOU EXPELLED TYRANNY AND DESPOTISM FROM YOUR
COUNTRY. YOU GAINED AND ESTABLISHED YOUR
FREEDOM AND INDEPENDENCE AFTER A LONG AND
BLOODY STRUGGLE, AND YOU BUILT UP A CIVILIZED,
STRONG, DEMOCRATIC STATE BASED UPON THE
SOVEREIGNTY OF THE PEOPLE.
ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE EARTH THERE IS TODAY
| ANOTHER NATION THAT IS STRUGGLING AND SHEDDING
HER BLOOD FOR THE SAME AIMS OF FREEDOM,
INDEPENDENCE AND DEMOCRACY. TURKEY'S
DETRACTORS SEEK TO BLIND YOUR EYES TO THE PURITY
AND LOFTINESS OF THOSE AIMS. THE AUTHORS OF THIS
PROPAGANDA ARE EITHER IGNORANT FANATICS OR THE
AGENTS OF THOSE WHO ARE OPENLY OR SECRETLY
FIGHTING AGAINST US TO FRUSTRATE AND DESTROY
OUR NEWLY WON LIBERTY. DO NOT BELIEVE THE
SLANDERERS.
KEEP YOUR HEARTS OPEN TO THE TURKISH PEOPLE WHO
ARE FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM AND INDEPENDENCE, WHO
ARE STRIVING TO ACHIEVE PROGRESS AND JUSTICE IN
THE WORLD, LIKE YOURSELVES
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