In a quote from the commonwealth parliamentary debates on the 21st of April 1965, Menzies states "I subscribe to the Domino theorybecause I believe it obviousthat if war ends with some compromise that denies South Vietnam a real and well protected independence, Laos and Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia will be vulnerablehas formidable realities to Australia". IN this quote it shows how committed Menzies was to this idea of a domino effect, he persuaded the genre public to also adopt this way of thinking. ... In Menzies speech announcing this he says "Providi...

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I believe the quote by Herman Melville best explained moral authority when he said, "and we Americans are the peculiar, chosen people - the Israel of our time; we bear the ark of the liberties of the world." After analyzing this statement one can make a direct connection to moral authority and America's actions at the time of the Vietnam War. ...

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