Let each person do his or her part. If one citizen is unwilling to participate, all of us are going to suffer. For the American idea, though it is shared by all of us, is realized in each one of us.

A government is invigorated when each of us is willing to participate in shaping the future of this nation.

An American citizen is not going to be extradited to Japan for saving whales.

A nation is formed by the willingness of each of us to share in the responsibility for upholding the common good.

1920 was an auspicious year for a young person to enter the world as an American citizen.

Let's all understand that these guiding principles cannot be discarded for short-term political gains. They represent what this country is all about. They are indigenous to the American idea. And these are principles which are not negotiable.