WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.980 What is this precious right that we call our 00:00:02.980 --> 00:00:07.379 liberty? It is not a religion. It is not a philosophy. 00:00:07.960 --> 00:00:14.220 It is not a form of government. Liberty is a 00:00:14.220 --> 00:00:19.879 privilege. Always remember that liberty is a 00:00:19.879 --> 00:00:24.820 way of life. It is ours to enjoy while we're 00:00:24.820 --> 00:00:33.619 here. Follow us here. The desire for liberty 00:00:33.619 --> 00:00:37.899 is born in the heart of every living soul, and 00:00:37.899 --> 00:00:43.119 the concept of liberty is as old as mankind. 00:00:45.719 --> 00:00:50.780 Liberty is to virtue what light is to color. 00:00:51.479 --> 00:00:59.350 It is to wealth what sunshine is to grain. It 00:00:59.350 --> 00:01:05.969 is to knowledge what eyes are to sight. It is 00:01:05.969 --> 00:01:10.370 the genius of invention. It's the brawn of national 00:01:10.370 --> 00:01:16.370 strength. It is the spirit of national independence. 00:01:18.450 --> 00:01:22.730 It is our blessed America that gave to the world 00:01:22.730 --> 00:01:26.959 the most powerful. the most dynamic political 00:01:26.959 --> 00:01:33.079 and moral force in the history of man. And we 00:01:33.079 --> 00:01:40.780 need never be ashamed of what our forefathers 00:01:40.780 --> 00:01:47.969 gave to the world. It has its roots deep... in 00:01:47.969 --> 00:01:51.829 the spiritual substance of Christianity. It receives 00:01:51.829 --> 00:01:55.109 its political inspiration from the logic of the 00:01:55.109 --> 00:02:00.489 Stoics, from the compassion of the martyrs, from 00:02:00.489 --> 00:02:06.950 the faith of the philosophers. We are of the 00:02:06.950 --> 00:02:11.909 first to present to the world a coherent political 00:02:11.909 --> 00:02:15.909 faith based upon the dignity of the individual. 00:02:16.650 --> 00:02:23.430 and the equality and fraternity of mankind. We 00:02:23.430 --> 00:02:27.129 are of the first to pattern a structure of government 00:02:27.129 --> 00:02:29.849 and a form of society in which the liberties 00:02:29.849 --> 00:02:32.710 of a people are guaranteed and opportunities 00:02:32.710 --> 00:02:39.669 are to be secured. America is but a thin light 00:02:39.669 --> 00:02:48.750 in the long black history of human bondage. Our 00:02:48.750 --> 00:02:53.750 forefathers who first sought sanctuary here came 00:02:53.750 --> 00:03:01.330 in search of human liberty. Our saintly forefathers 00:03:01.330 --> 00:03:06.610 wrote in sacrificial blood the declaration on 00:03:06.610 --> 00:03:10.509 the unrolled scroll of the battlefields. And 00:03:10.509 --> 00:03:19.460 sometimes we forget these things. Our pioneering 00:03:19.460 --> 00:03:24.620 forefathers, who built our civilization, purged 00:03:24.620 --> 00:03:30.180 their souls in the crucible of moral, political, 00:03:30.400 --> 00:03:39.439 and economic fires. These are the basis of America, 00:03:39.800 --> 00:03:44.419 the foundation on which America was founded. 00:03:46.280 --> 00:03:49.500 Our ideals are inscribed upon our American shields. 00:03:50.759 --> 00:03:55.139 Liberty, political, economic, religious, and 00:03:55.139 --> 00:04:01.139 social. Equality in opportunity, in education, 00:04:01.479 --> 00:04:08.300 and privileges. Fraternity among men of all classes. 00:04:09.400 --> 00:04:16.029 It is our message to all mankind. It is our foundation 00:04:16.029 --> 00:04:22.990 stone of free government. The United States is 00:04:22.990 --> 00:04:25.769 the only nation on earth today that is founded 00:04:25.769 --> 00:04:31.970 and based on these concepts of liberty. And if 00:04:31.970 --> 00:04:37.550 we do not fight to preserve it, then we do not 00:04:37.550 --> 00:04:44.699 deserve it. Today, Our democracy is challenged 00:04:44.699 --> 00:04:49.240 by the super monsters of history. Communism is 00:04:49.240 --> 00:04:51.839 challenging our American freedom. It's challenging 00:04:51.839 --> 00:04:54.600 our American way of life. It is seeking to destroy 00:04:54.600 --> 00:04:58.819 our American way of living. It is seeking to 00:04:58.819 --> 00:05:04.779 destroy the Ten Commandments. It is tragic that 00:05:04.779 --> 00:05:09.709 there are traitors in our midst. who enjoy the 00:05:09.709 --> 00:05:13.810 sacred privileges of moral and spiritual freedom, 00:05:14.110 --> 00:05:18.990 but are ready to exchange our blood -bought heritage 00:05:18.990 --> 00:05:22.430 for the wicked concepts of godless communism. 00:05:24.350 --> 00:05:29.430 We are prepared to battle not only for our form 00:05:29.430 --> 00:05:33.569 of government. We are prepared to battle for 00:05:33.569 --> 00:05:40.980 the substance. of our American soul. And no true 00:05:40.980 --> 00:05:44.800 American will ever permit our goddess of liberty 00:05:44.800 --> 00:05:52.600 to be crucified on the cross of tyranny. America 00:05:52.600 --> 00:06:08.060 is God's country. This is Stenial. God's... And 00:06:08.060 --> 00:06:14.899 if you and I do not fight to preserve it, then 00:06:14.899 --> 00:06:23.120 we do not deserve it. To grasp faintly its future 00:06:23.120 --> 00:06:27.060 is to exhaust the imagination. The past is but 00:06:27.060 --> 00:06:30.720 a happy prologue to the swelling of an imperial 00:06:30.720 --> 00:06:35.600 theme. America will continue to be the fixed 00:06:35.600 --> 00:06:41.839 star in the constellation of nations. And so 00:06:41.839 --> 00:06:46.240 let us all speak up for America. Instead of criticizing 00:06:46.240 --> 00:06:51.279 America. Instead of finding fault with America. 00:06:52.980 --> 00:06:57.040 The hour has come when we need to speak up for 00:06:57.040 --> 00:07:04.069 America. To fight for America. to pray for America 00:07:04.069 --> 00:07:12.529 so that this government of you and me, for you 00:07:12.529 --> 00:07:19.230 and me, by you and me, shall endure forever and 00:07:19.230 --> 00:07:30.069 for all mankind. Free people, remember, we may 00:07:30.069 --> 00:07:36.490 acquire liberty, but it is never recovered if 00:07:36.490 --> 00:07:43.009 it is once lost and god grants liberty only to 00:07:43.009 --> 00:07:48.850 those who love it and who are always ready to 00:07:48.850 --> 00:07:57.050 guard and defend it above all we must stand shoulder 00:07:57.050 --> 00:08:00.250 to shoulder for the honor and the greatness of 00:08:00.250 --> 00:08:07.009 our country A poor freedom is better than a rich 00:08:07.009 --> 00:08:14.250 slavery. Let us at all times remember that all 00:08:14.250 --> 00:08:21.550 American citizens are brothers of a common country. 00:08:23.230 --> 00:08:26.189 We have room in this country for but one flag, 00:08:26.410 --> 00:08:30.990 the stars and stripes. We have room for but one 00:08:30.990 --> 00:08:37.139 loyalty. the loyalty to the United States. Our 00:08:37.139 --> 00:08:41.639 job is to save America for ourselves and our 00:08:41.639 --> 00:08:46.519 way of life. And the soul of that way of life 00:08:46.519 --> 00:08:50.940 is the supremacy and freedom of the individual 00:08:50.940 --> 00:08:58.039 in a state organized to serve him and not to 00:08:58.039 --> 00:09:03.629 enslave him. Yes, beloved, let us never forget 00:09:03.629 --> 00:09:07.309 that we are the citizens of a mighty republic 00:09:07.309 --> 00:09:12.809 consecrated to the service of God above through 00:09:12.809 --> 00:09:16.090 the service of men on earth. And we in America 00:09:16.090 --> 00:09:19.590 had better soon find a way of doing away with 00:09:19.590 --> 00:09:28.840 prejudice, hate, greed, violence. or we will 00:09:28.840 --> 00:09:35.480 do away with our most priceless possession, our 00:09:35.480 --> 00:09:47.059 liberty, our freedom. Today, I am proud to say 00:09:47.059 --> 00:09:53.080 I am an American.