We are as great as our belief in human liberty—no greater. And our belief in human liberty is only ours when it is larger than ourselves.
ATTRIBUTION:
Archibald MacLeish (1892–1982), U.S. poet. repr. As “The Ghost of Thomas Jefferson” in Riders on Earth (1978). “Now Let Us Address the Main Question: Bicentennial of What?” New York Times (July 3, 1976).
