Nothing can be better calculated to advance our interests and character than the establishment of a liberal and disinterested policy, enlightened by patriotism and guided by wisdom.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The more educated we are, the less we are prepared to tolerate views contrary to our own.
Patriotism has no appeal to us; justice has. Party has no weight with us; principle has. Loyalty is meaningless; it depends on what one is loyal to.
Our constituents deserve better than narrow-minded political games.
If you are tired of partisanship over patriotism, you need to vote for a change in direction.
Unless our conception of patriotism is progressive, it cannot hope to embody the real affection and the real interest of the nation.
True patriotism is better than the wrong kind of piety.
No party has a monopoly on wisdom. No democracy works without compromise. But when Governor Romney and his allies in Congress tell us we can somehow lower our deficit by spending trillions more on new tax breaks for the wealthy - well, you do the math. I refuse to go along with that. And as long as I'm President, I never will.
Conservatives are the heirs to the Founders' vision. But we have to act like it.
The majority must be persuaded by ideology that their government is good, wise and, at least, inevitable, and certainly better than other conceivable alternatives. Promoting this ideology among the people is the vital social task of the 'intellectuals.'
Ultimately, the American people ourselves need to decide we care more about practical solutions and progress than we do about brain-dead ideology and political wrangling.
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