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Show Jj PRINCIPLES OF GREATNESS nations go, the United States is a very young coun-rjb coun-rjb pereve have 150 years of history behind us, other ' have thousands. Yrt do nation can point to a more inspiring past or history which has given finer traditions. America ' full-fledged from the hearts and minds of that hand-f hand-f oatriots who dedicated their lives to freeing us from ' t monarchic domination, and to establishment of a . which should have as its guiding principles, free-: free-: :-' equality, the right to own property and the right to -,eefg is a growing danger that, in seeking to conquer eiJ perplexities of the moment "casual embarrassment" sTielifeof a nation, to use the great Jefferson's words a '"ball lose or weaken some of those traditions which our ts n .--athers bought for us with many blessings, the vic- be hard won indeed. If we tamper with our ideai 15 Worn the United States will have little to look for-5 for-5 j to in the future -fW , jeSii Ever)' American should resolve, with the deepest sin-ti sin-ti .7, to do all he can to cherish, to protect, and to con-5t con-5t those principles of freedom freedom of press, of ' "jdt, of religion ; freedom to do what we will so long as ; j8 .ts are not injured by our actions- -which have made our ,' ;;ry the greatest of all great nations. In all the welter -jperiment and criticism that envelopes the entire world, :ce has been able to offer a plan of government that :; the ordinary man so much as does ours. Are the Constitution of the United States and the Dec-:m Dec-:m ..dm of Independence the greatest libertarian docu- ;; ever written to become dead letters, or are they ta ;::nue to guide us in the future ? n |
