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【正文】 ot possess, to defend but not to conquer.
it is the american story a story of flawed and fallible people, united across the generations by grand and enduring ideals.
the grandest of these ideals is an unfolding american promise that everyone belongs, that everyone deserves a chance, that no insignificant person was ever born.
americans are called to enact this promise in our lives and in our laws. and though our nation has sometimes halted, and sometimes delayed, we must follow no other course.
through much of the last century, america39。s promise through civility, courage, passion and character.
america, at its best, matches a mitment to principle with a concern for civility. a civil society demands from each of us good will and respect, fair dealing and forgiveness.
some seem to believe that our politics can afford to be petty because, in a time of peace, the stakes of our debates appear small.
but the stakes for america are never small. if our country does not lead the cause of freedom, it will not be led. if we do not turn the hearts of children toward knowledge and character, we will lose their gifts and undermine their idealism. if we permit our economy to drift and decline, the vulnerable will suffer most.
we must live up to the calling we share. civility is not a tactic or a sentiment. it is the determined choice of trust over cynicism, of munity over chaos. and this mitment, if we keep it, is a way to shared acplishment.
america, at its best, is also courageous.
our national courage has been clear in times of depression and war, when defending mon dangers defined our mon good. now we must choose if the example of our fathers and mothers will inspire us or condemn us. we must show courage in a time of blessing by confronting problems instead of passing them on to future generations.
together, we will reclaim america39。s promise.
and whatever our views of its cause, we can agree that children at risk are not at fault. abandonment and abuse are not acts of god, they are failures of love.
and the proliferation of prisons, however necessary, is no substitute for hope and order in our souls.
where there is suffering, there is duty. americans in need are not strangers, they are citizens, not problems, but priorities. and all of us are diminished when any are hopeless.
government has great responsibilities for public safety and public healt
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