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This / Believe
by John Morley
PRINCIPLES THAT MADE AMERICA
GREAT
Four principles that made America great
The principle of freedom and free choice
the principle of the dignity of the individual
the principle of common decency
the principle of justice under law.
Some people appear to owe allegiance to the South
some to the North
some to the
East
and some to the West. But there is only one allegiance
to America.
To Americans
the whole world is America.
We love our Country because its great. But we also love it because its our own.
The more I see and report from other nations, the more I learn to love my own.
If you can't love your Country, you can't love anything.
Love of country is like love for a woman. He loves best who seeks to bestow on her
the highest respect.
No one can appreciate daily life in a free country until he lives where it is not
free.
The happiness of the people should be the goal of government
and the happiness
of the individual should be the goal of man.
Its the people's government
when made for the people
made by the people
and
answerable only to the people.
Government is a trust. All officials of government are trustees. All are accountable
to the people, not to each other and not to any foreign alliances.
Few of us realize the sacrifices of our countrymen just in our generation to preserve
our freedom. And then you have the cowards who hide behind technicalities.
We must prevent government from wasting the labors and the money of the people under
the pretext of taking care of them.
INSCRIPTION ON THE STATUE OF LIBERTY
Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses, yearning to breathe free air,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore,
Send these, the homeless, tempest tossed, to me;
I lift my lamp beside the golden door.
( Less we forget)
Patriotism
is still and always will be, a noble affection which impels us to
sacrifice everything dear, even life itself, to our Country.
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