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 Out where the handclasp's a little stronger,
 Out where the smile swells a little longer,
  That's where read more 
 Out where the handclasp's a little stronger,
 Out where the smile swells a little longer,
  That's where the West begins. 
America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter, and lose our freedoms, it will be because we read more
America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter, and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.
 America! half brother of the world!
 With something good and bad of every land.  
 America! half brother of the world!
 With something good and bad of every land. 
 The breaking waves dashed high
 On a stern and rock-bound coast;
  And the woods against a stormy read more 
 The breaking waves dashed high
 On a stern and rock-bound coast;
  And the woods against a stormy sky,
   Their giant branches toss'd. 
 O, Columbia, the gem of the ocean,
 The home of the brave and the free,
  The shrine read more 
 O, Columbia, the gem of the ocean,
 The home of the brave and the free,
  The shrine of each patriot's devotion,
   A world offers homage to them. 
 I called the New World into existence to redress the balance of 
the Old.  
 I called the New World into existence to redress the balance of 
the Old. 
 When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one 
people to dissolve the political bands which read more 
 When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one 
people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them 
with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the 
separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of 
Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of 
mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel 
them to the separation.
 We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created 
equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain 
unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the 
Pursuit of Happiness--That to secure these Rights, Governments 
are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the 
the Consent of the Governed, that whenever any Form of 
Government becomes destructive to these Ends, it is the Right of 
the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new 
Government, laying its foundation on such Principles and 
and organizing its Powers in such Form, as to them shall seem 
most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. . . . 
America now stands as the world's foremost power. We should be proud: Not since the age of the Romans have read more
America now stands as the world's foremost power. We should be proud: Not since the age of the Romans have one people achieved such preeminence. But we are not Romans; we do not seek an empire. We are Americans, trustees of a vision and a heritage that commit us to the values of democracy and the universal cause of human rights.