This nation is peaceful, but fierce when stirred to anger.

This nation is peaceful, but fierce when stirred to anger.

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.

Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished read more

Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people in order to betray them.

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more
perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic read more

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more
perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility,
provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and
secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Prosperity,
do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States
of America.

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.

Young man, there is America--which at this day serves for little
more than to amuse you with stories of read more

Young man, there is America--which at this day serves for little
more than to amuse you with stories of savage men and uncouth
manners; yet shall, before you taste of death, show itself equal
to the whole that commerce which now attracts the envy of the
world.

A fully functional multiracial society cannot be achieved without a sense of history and open, honest dialogue.

A fully functional multiracial society cannot be achieved without a sense of history and open, honest dialogue.

Asylum of the oppressed of every nation.

Asylum of the oppressed of every nation.

Americanism means the virtues of courage, honor, justice, truth, sincerity, and hardihood—the virtues that made America. The things that will read more

Americanism means the virtues of courage, honor, justice, truth, sincerity, and hardihood—the virtues that made America. The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living and the get-rich-quick theory of life.