My fellow-citizens, no people on earth have more cause to be thankful than ours, and this l: blessed us with the conditic which
of well-being and of happiness. To
people it has been granted to lay the foundations of our national life in a new
ontinent. We are the heirs
enabled us to achieve so large
reverently, in no spirit of boastfulness in our strength, but with gratitude to the Giver of Good who has
existence against .
ages, and yet we have had t pay few of the
which. old countries are exacted by the dead hand of a bygone civilization. We have not been obliged to fight for our
alien race; and yet our life has called for the vigor and effort without which the manlier and hardier virtues wither away. Under such conditions it would be our own fault if we falled; and
the success which we have had in the past, the success which we confidently belleve the future will bring, should cause in us no feelling of [vanity), but rather a deep and abiding realization of all which life has
offered us; a full acknowledgment of the responsibility which is ours; and a fixed determination to show that under a free government a mighty people can thrive best, alike as regards the things of the body and
the things of the soul
Much has been given us,
much will rightfully • expected from us. We have duties to others duties to ourselves; and we
greatness relations with the other nations of the earth, and must behave as
shirk nelther. We have become : great nation, forced by the fact of its
with such responsibilities. Toward all other nations, large and small, our attitude must be one of cordial a
sincere friendship. We must show not only in our words, but in our deeds, that we are earnestly desirous of securing their good will by acting toward them in spirit of just and generous recognition of all their
rights. But justice and generosity a nation, as in an Individual, count most when shown not by the weak but by the strong. While ever careful to refrain from wrongdoing others, e must no less insistent
that we are not wronged ourselves. We wish peace, but we wish the peace of justice, the peace of righteousness. We wish it because we think it is right and not because we are afraid. No weak nation that
manfully and justly should ever have cause to fear us, and no strong power should ever be able to single us out as a subject for insolent aggression.
Which
from
paragraph supports the idez
pay few penalties ...*? (5 points)
© we are determined other countries should be free
© we are at fault for many flaws in the world
© We feel enough pride to be vain
© We haven't had to fight for our experience