Archibald MacLeish Quote

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.


Now Let Us Address the Main Question: Bicentennial of What?, New York Times (3 July 1976)


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.

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.

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.

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.