America alone is responsible for allowing evil to gain a foothold in our society. My God, how little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of and which no other people on earth have ever enjoyed. Third President of the United States. Author of the Declaration of Independence. I am nothing.
Truth is everything.
I answer, if it ever reach us, it cannot and it will not come from abroad. If danger ever reach us, it must spring up from amongst us. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of free men, we will live through all time or die by suicide. From an 1838 speech when he was just 29 years old.