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.
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Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history
Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history
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.
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.
Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.
Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.
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.
Socrates ... said he was not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.
Socrates ... said he was not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.
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.
Citizenship is what makes a republic; monarchies can get along without it
Citizenship is what makes a republic; monarchies can get along without it
Citizenship consists in the service of the country.
Citizenship consists in the service of the country.
