When your mother dies in your arms, your PERCEPTION of LIFE changes. I think the WHOLE THING is just a fleeting illusion.
Read MoreAs I have SHOWN, I will defend democracy with arms when it is THREATENED by violence; with firmness when it is weakened by DIVISION; with law and order when it is subverted by anarchy; and always, I will try to sustain it by wise policies of economic progress so that a democracy means not just an empty LIBERTY, but a full life for all.
Read MoreAt times, I FEEL America is something that I can actually put my arms around, more than a land mass and a CONSTITUTION, something far more containable and understandable. I don't EXACTLY know what it is, but at these times I feel completely woven into it.
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