Let
us advance the common purpose
by refusing to excuse or legitimate
terror but, equally, by insisting
that every person be seen fairly
as an individual and not on their
race or their creed. Let us honor those
who are prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice to defend our freedom
and show our support for those among us who have the courage to make
that fateful choice.
Let us manifest our
common purpose by renewing our commitment to this nation and, above
all, to the values for which it stands.
Let us reflect --
carefully, courageously, drawing upon our accumulated knowledge and
all our capacity to reason -- how we can best defend and advance the
ideal of freedom. Let our moral clarity be translated not into reflexive
revenge but into determination to prevail against terror and build a
better world.
For ultimately, we
will be judged not by what we oppose, but by what together we work towards.
- Lawrence
Summers
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