2017 Liberty Medal Ceremony remarks
"To
fear the world we have organized and led for three-quarters of a
century, to abandon the ideals we have advanced around the globe, to
refuse the obligations of international leadership and our duty to
remain “the last best hope of earth” for the sake of some half-baked,
spurious nationalism cooked up by people who would rather find
scapegoats than solve problems is as unpatriotic as an attachment to any
other tired dogma of the past that Americans consigned to the ash heap
of history.
We
live in a land made of ideals, not blood and soil. We are the
custodians of those ideals at home, and their champion abroad. We have
done great good in the world. That leadership has had its costs, but we
have become incomparably powerful and wealthy as we did. We have a moral
obligation to continue in our just cause, and we would bring more than
shame on ourselves if we don’t. We will not thrive in a world where our
leadership and ideals are absent. We wouldn’t deserve to."
Senator John McCain
October 16, 2017
posted by Corey @ Monday, October 16, 2017
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