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There's nothing wrong in America that can't be fixed by what's right in America.

Our democracy must be not only the envy of the world but the engine of our own renewal. There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America.

It would be lovely if it was all Right vs. Wrong, Good overcomes Evil - I think most Americans, going about their daily lives, fool themselves into thinking that that's how our little world works, but it just isn't so.

If there was nothing wrong in the world there wouldn't be anything for us to do.

America is a fundamentally good country. We have good people with good values who want to do the right thing. But the structures of power that exist are working to their own ends to extend their capability at the expense of the freedom of all publics.

Just like you can't cure a patient without listening to what he's feeling, you can't cure a nation without hearing what the people are really asking for.

There is nothing the matter with Americans except their ideals. The real American is all right; it is the ideal American who is all wrong.

What's right about America is that although we have a mess of problems, we have great capacity - intellect and resources - to do some thing about them.

When even one American - who has done nothing wrong - is forced by fear to shut his mind and close his mouth - then all Americans are in peril.

When America does what's right, it's such a light on this planet.