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America is the country where you buy a lifetime supply of aspirin for one dollar and use it up in two weeks.

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I just want to say this. I want to say it gently but I want to say it firmly: There is a tendency for the world to say to America, "the big problems of the world are yours, you go and sort them out," and then to worry when America wants to sort them out.

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America has believed that in differentiation, not in uniformity, lies the path of progress. It acted on this belief; it has advanced human happiness, and it has prospered.

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Our American values are not luxuries but necessities, not the salt in our bread, but the bread itself. Our common vision of a free and just society is our greatest source of cohesion at home and strength abroad, greater than the bounty of our material blessings.

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There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America.

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There is nothing wrong with America that the faith, love of freedom, intelligence and energy of her citizens cannot cure.

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America - a great social and economic experiment, noble in motive and far-reaching in purpose.

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America is not merely a nation but a nation of nations.

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Intellectually, I know that America is no better than any other country; emotionally I know she is better than every other country.

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If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.

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