○ 1964 republican national convention address ○
today, as then, but more urgently and more broadly than then, the task of preserving and enlarging freedom at home and of safeguarding it from the forces of tyranny abroad is great enough to challenge all our resources and to require all our strength.
anyone who joins us in all sincerity, we welcome. those who do not care for our cause, we don't expect to enter our ranks in any case. and -- and let our republicanism, so focused and so dedicated, not be made fuzzy and futile by unthinking and stupid labels.
i would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice.
(thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you.)
and let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
why the beauty of the very system we republicans are pledged to restore and revitalize, the beauty of this federal system of ours is in its reconciliation of diversity with unity. we must not see malice in honest differences of opinion, and no matter how great, so long as they are not inconsistent with the pledges we have given to each other in and through our constitution.
our republican cause is not to level out the world or make its people conform in computer regimented sameness. our republican cause is to free our people and light the way for liberty throughout the world.
ours is a very human cause for very humane goals.
this party, its good people, and its unquenchable devotion to freedom, will not fulfill the purposes of this campaign, which we launch here and now, until our cause has won the day, inspired the world, and shown the way to a tomorrow worthy of all our yesteryears.
i repeat, i accept your nomination with humbleness, with pride, and you and i are going to fight for the goodness of our land.
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