In the two centuries that have passed since 1776, millions upon millions of Americans have worked and taken up arms, when necessar...y, to make [the American] dream a reality. We can be proud of what they have accomplished. Today, we are the world's oldest republic. We are at peace. Our nation and our way of life endure. And we are free.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Today we know that World War II began not in 1939 or 1941 but in the 1920's and 1930's when those who should have known better per...suaded themselves that they were not their brother's keeper.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
He comes unfailing for the loan We give and then forget;... He comes, and probably for years Will he be coming yet,-- Familiar as an old mistake, And futile as regret.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Ah, when shall come love's courage to be strong! Tell me, O Lord--tell me, O Lord, how long... Are we to keep Christ writhing on the cross!LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Your Dollar is your only Word, The wrath of it your only fear....
"You build it altars tall enough To make you see, but your are blind; You cannot leave it long enough To look before you or behind.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
"Because a few complacent years Have made your peril of your pride,... Think you that you are to go on Forever pampered and untired?LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
his mouth redeemed His insufficient eyes, forever sad:... In them there was no life-glimpse, good or bad, Nor joy nor passion in them ever gleamed;LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »