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Our country was thereby saved from the consequences of its distrac

Our country was thereby saved from the consequences of its distracting individualistic conception of democracy, and its merely legal conception of nationality. It was because the followers of Jackson and Douglas did fight for it, that the Union was preserved. – Herbert Croly

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Of course, Americans have no monopoly of patriotic enthusiasm and good faith. – Herbert Croly

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Faith
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The American economic, political, and social organization has given to its citizens the benefits of material prosperity, political liberty, and a wholesome natural equality and this achievement is a gain, not only to Americans, but to the world and to civilization. – Herbert Croly

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Equality
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These endless legal challenges that define elections in New York are a joke in this country, and they are the reason why it is so expensive, or one of the reasons, its so expensive to run here and why so many people decide not to run. – Michael Bloomberg

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