Now the trumpet summons us again -- not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need -- not as a call to battle, though embattled we are -- but a call to bear the burden of a long twilight struggle year in and year out, "rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation" -- a struggle against the common enemies of man: tyranny, poverty and war itself.
You May Also Like / View all maxioms
Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history
Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history
Voting is the least arduous of a citizen's duties. He has the prior and harder duty of making up his read more
Voting is the least arduous of a citizen's duties. He has the prior and harder duty of making up his mind.
Gardens, scholars say, are the first sign of commitment to a community. When people plant corn they are saying, let's read more
Gardens, scholars say, are the first sign of commitment to a community. When people plant corn they are saying, let's stay here. And by their connection to the land, they are connected to one another.
No, I don't know that atheists should be considered as citizens, nor should they be considered as patriots. This is read more
No, I don't know that atheists should be considered as citizens, nor should they be considered as patriots. This is one nation under God.
Let us at all times remember that all American citizens are brothers of a common country, and should dwell together read more
Let us at all times remember that all American citizens are brothers of a common country, and should dwell together in bonds of fraternal feeling.
Citizenship is what makes a republic; monarchies can get along without it
Citizenship is what makes a republic; monarchies can get along without it
It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the read more
It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union... Men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less.
The most important office ... that of private citizen.
The most important office ... that of private citizen.
The best principles of our republic secure to all its citizens a perfect equality of rights.
The best principles of our republic secure to all its citizens a perfect equality of rights.
