他还承诺打击贫困 ： “ 住在乡村茅舍、渴望打破重重痛苦的一半地球人：我们承诺竭尽全力帮助他们自力更生，不管需要多长时间 — — 这不是因为共产党也会这么做，不是因为我们需要他们的选票，而是因为这是正确的事。
There was also his commitment to fight poverty: “To those people in the huts and villages of half the globe struggling to break the bonds of mass misery, we pledge our best efforts to help them help themselves, for whatever period is required – not because the communists may be doing it, not because we seek their votes, but because it is right.