2014, Review of Signals Intelligence Speech (June 2014)
Context: Those values make us who we are. And because of the strength of our own democracy, we should not shy away from high expectations. For more than two centuries, our Constitution has weathered every type of change because we have been willing to defend it, and because we have been willing to question the actions that have been taken in its defense. Today is no different. I believe we can meet high expectations. Together, let us chart a way forward that secures the life of our nation while preserving the liberties that make our nation worth fighting for.
“We must together chart a new way forward to save our beloved nation”
Mr Anwar said in a statement from his jail cell, quoted on The Sydney Morning Herald, "Mahathir Mohamad wins jailed Anwar Ibrahim's backing in bit to oust Malaysian PM Najib Razak" http://www.smh.com.au/world/mahathir-mohamad-wins-jailed-anwar-ibrahims-backing-in-bit-to-oust-malaysian-pm-najib-razak-20160303-gnabf8.html, 4 March 2016.
“The nation is worth fighting for, to secure such an inestimable jewel.”
1860s, Speeches to Ohio Regiments (1864), Speech to the One Hundred Sixty-sixth Ohio Regiment
Context: It is in order that each of you may have through this free government which we have enjoyed, an open field and a fair chance for your industry, enterprise and intelligence; that you may all have equal privileges in the race of life, with all its desirable human aspirations. It is for this the struggle should be maintained, that we may not lose our birthright — not only for one, but for two or three years. The nation is worth fighting for, to secure such an inestimable jewel.
RonPaul2008.com, May 2007 http://www.ronpaul2008.com/issues/border-security-and-immigration-reform/
2000s, 2006-2009
“The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.”
Speech on the twenty-third anniversary of Emancipation in the District of Columbia, Washington, D.C. (April 1885).
1880s
Variant: The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.
“It is not worth the while to let our imperfections disturb us always.”
Gergely Kovács, the new Archbishop of Transylvanian Catholics https://transylvanianow.com/this-is-my-diocese-i-am-coming-home-says-new-leader-of-transylvanian-catholics-archbishop-gergely-kovacs/ (February 23, 2020)
The philosophy and opinions of Marcus Garvey or Africa for the Africans (Majority Press, 1986 ed.), p. 163. ISBN 0912469242.
“If it is worth a bloody struggle to establish this nation, it is worth one to preserve it.”
Speech (22 November 1860), as quoted in Indiana in the Civil War Era, 1850–1880: History of Indiana III https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0871950502 (1995), by Emma Lou Thornbrough. Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society, p. 102
1970s, Second Inaugural Address (1973)
July 18, 2008 YouTube video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vqANJCATrE
