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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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.
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Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history
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Voting is the least arduous of a citizen's duties. He has the prior and harder duty of making up his mind.
The most important office ... that of private citizen.
The most important office ... that of private citizen.
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As citizens of this democracy, you are the rulers and the ruled, the law-givers and the law-abiding, the beginning and the end.
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Citizenship is what makes a republic; monarchies can get along without it
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Every good citizen makes his country's honor his own, and cherishes it not only as precious but as sacred. He is willing to risk his life in its defense and is conscious that he gains protection while he gives it.
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.
