Throwing off despotism and tyranny is our history and part of our national identity - something in which we can take incredible pride.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I do not want history to record me as someone who has bequeathed to his nation the institution of despotism.
Is not liberty the destruction of all despotism - including, of course, legal despotism?
Tonight, we gather to affirm the greatness of our nation - not because of the height of our skyscrapers, or the power of our military, or the size of our economy. Our pride is based on a very simple premise, summed up in a declaration made over two hundred years ago.
To have united the purposes of an entire Nation, is the great historical achievement of the man in whose strong hands our President has placed the fate of our people.
Despotism is a long crime.
Despotism isn't nearly as bad as it's cracked up to be.
The revolutionary government is the despotism of liberty against tyranny.
Democracy passes into despotism.
Our nation is defined by an unshakable belief that we, the people, have the ability to control our destiny. A belief that anyone can reach out and grab opportunity and create a more prosperous future for themselves, their children and their grandchildren.
Tyranny is increasingly unsustainable in this post-cold-war era. It is doomed to failure. But it must be prodded to exit the stage with a whimper - not the bang that extremists long for.
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