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The Essence Of Statesmanship Is Not A Rigid Adherence To The Past, But A Prudent And Probing Concern For The Future.

It Is Better To Gain A Foot Than To Stand Still, Even When You Seek To Gain A Mile.

Certainly One Of The Chief Guarantees Of Freedom Under Any Government, No Matter How Popular And Respected, Is The Right Of Citizens To Keep And Bear Arms. This Is Not To Say That Firearms Should Not Be Very Carefully Used And That Definite Safety Rules Of Precaution Should Not Be Taught And Enforced. But The Right Of Citizens To Bear Arms Is Just One More Guarantee Against Arbitrary Government, And One More Safeguard Against Tyranny Which Now Appears Remote In America, But Which Historically Has Proved To Be Always Possible.

Much Of Our American Progress Has Been The Product Of The Individual Who Had An Idea; Pursued It; Fashioned It; Tenaciously Clung To It Against All Odds; And Then Produced It, Sold It, And Profited From It.

The Ugliness Of Bigotry Stands In Direct Contradiction To The Very Meaning Of America.