The speech that President Richard M. Nixon would have given to the American people if a disaster had befallen the Apollo 11 Astronauts on the Moon:
"Fate has ordained that the men who went to the Moon to explore in peace will stay on the Moon to rest in peace.
"These brave men know there is no hope for their recovery but they also know that there is hope for mankind in their sacrifice.
"These two men are laying down their lives in mankind's most noble goal: the search for truth and understanding.
"They will be mourned by their families and friends; they will be mourned by their nation; they will be mourned by the people of the world; they will be mourned by a Mother Earth that dared send two of her sons into the unknown.
"In their exploration, they stirred the people of the world to feel as one; in their sacrifice, they bind more tightly the brotherhood of man."
The speech was found in President Nixon's archives and was written by William Safire. Click the link for more details.
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"Mother Earth?" Paganism from RMN? I am truely shocked. Was he the first Obama?
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