The future of this republic is in the hands of the American voter.
Interpretation
The responsibility for the future of the nation lies with its citizens who vote.
This quote emphasizes the crucial role that voters play in shaping the future of the republic. It highlights the idea that the health and direction of democracy depends on the active engagement and decisions of the electorate, underscoring the idea that each vote matters in determining the course of the nation's future.
In practice
In a speech to encourage civic engagement, one might say, 'Remember, the future of this republic is in the hands of the American voter.'
If a man's associates find him guilty of being phony, if they find that he lacks forthright integrity, he will fail. His teachings and actions must square with each other. The first great need, therefore, is integrity and high purpose.
The libraries of America are and must ever remain the home of free and inquiring minds. To them, our citizens-of all ages and races, of all creeds and persuasions-must be able to turn with clear confidence that there they can freely seek the whole truth, unvarnished by fashion and uncompromised by expediency.
You don't lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership.
When pressure mounts and strain increases everyone begins to show the weaknesses in his makeup. It is up to the Commander to conceal his: above all to conceal doubt, fear, and distrust.
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I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity.
He brings to the fierce struggle of politics the tepid enthusiasm of a lazy summer afternoon at a cricket match.
Wise politicians will be cautious about fettering the government with restrictions that cannot be observed, because they know that every break of the fundamental laws, though dictated by necessity, impairs that sacred reverence which ought to be maintained in the breast of rulers towards the constitution of a country.
We are not making this demand for the sake of a principle, but in the interests of the proletarian class.
Marxists get up early to further their cause. We must get up even earlier to defend our freedom.
Our government should be entirely and purely secular. The religious views of a candidate should be kept entirely out of sight.
Unfortunately for governments like that of Iran, when they forbid something, people become more interested.
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