If, practically falsifying its heaven-attested principles, this nation denounces me for refusing to imitate its example, then, adhering all the more tenaciously to those principles, I will not cease to rebuke it for its guilty inconsistency.
He criticizes the nation's hypocrisy while affirming his commitment to its founding principles.
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