We Believe That True Progress Can Be Attained

Dear Representative Stauber,

"We believe that true progress can be attained through intelligent study, understanding, education and good will. Use of force or violence by any group or agency will tend only to worsen the many problems inherent in the situation."

 

- Republican Party Platform of 1956

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quote source: "Republican Party Platform of 1956." The American Presidency Project, UC Santa Barbara, https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/republican-party-platform-1956. Retrieved 21 July 2026. 

 

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