If we cannot by reason, by influence, by example, by strenuous effort, and by personal sacrifice, mend the bad places of civilization, we certainly cannot do it by force.
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You can accomplish by kindness what you cannot by force.
Yet, history has shown that if material force can defeat some ideologies it can no longer obliterate a civilization without destabilizing the whole planet.
We are under God's power, and we can do nothing but by the power of God, and woe shall hereafter be to us if we abuse this power.
We cannot perform our tasks to the best of our power, unless we think well of our own capacity.
Repaying the debt of these ultimate sacrifices seems nearly impossible but we must try.
Apart altogether from our own vital interests, we cannot and must not desert those other nations who have already gone through so much tragedy and suffering to defeat the evil designs of the Axis powers.
All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time has come.
It is only our humanity that can deliver us from the brutality of our achievements.
We may never be strong enough to be entirely nonviolent in thought, word and deed. But we must keep nonviolence as our goal and make strong progress towards it.
If we have to use force, it is because we are America. We are the indispensable nation. We stand tall. We see further into the future.
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