The Truman Doctrine (1947)
Harry S. Truman
At the present moment in world history nearly every nation must choose between alternative ways of life. The choice is too often not a free one.
One way of life is based upon the will of the majority, and is distinguished by free institutions, representative government, free elections, guarantees of individual liberty, freedom of speech and religion, and freedom from political oppression.
The second way of life is based upon the will of a minority forcibly imposed upon the majority. It relies upon terror and oppression, a controlled press and radio, fixed elections, and the suppression of personal freedoms.
I believe that it must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures.
I believe that we must assist free peoples to work out their own destinies in their own way.
-The ideas expressed in this passage are an example of

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The ideas expressed in this passage align with the policy of containment, as Truman asserts that the United States should support free peoples resisting subjugation by armed minorities or outside forces and help them work out their own destinies in their own way. This is consistent with the goal of containment, which sought to prevent the spread of communism and totalitarianism by aiding democratic nations and opposing the expansion of Soviet influence. Realpolitik, massive retaliation, and dependency do not accurately capture the ideas expressed in this passage.