Look at the United States today. We have made mistakes in the past. We have had shortcomings. We shall make mistakes in the future and fall short of our own best hopes.
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It sets its face rightfully against the doctrines of the Anarchist and the Communist, who seek to solve the social problems not by patient endeavor, but by brutal destruction.
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For we, too, have our ideals, even if we differ from those who have tried to establish a monopoly of idealism.
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Animosity is not a policy.
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Our ideal of the future is that she should continue to render that service of her own free will.
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