V. INDIVIDUALITY.

IN order to protect the liberties of a nation, we must protect the

individual. A democracy is a nation of free individuals. The individuals

are not to be sacrificed to the nation. The nation exists only for the

purpose of guarding and protecting the individuality of men and women.

Walt Whitman has told us that: "The whole theory of the universe is

directed unerringly to one single individual--namely to You."

And he has also told us that the greatest city--the greatest nation--is

"where the citizen is always the head and ideal."

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