Our success won't depend on tough talk or abandoning our values or giving in to fear. That's what groups like ISIL are hoping for. Instead, we will prevail by being strong, smart, resilient, and relentless and by drawing upon every aspect of American power.
Obama emphasized resilience and values over fear in combating terrorism.
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While we are non-partisan, we are not value-neutral. We have a point of view.
At least one of our major parties has been captured by politics that is not that subtle about suggesting that ‘We the people’ means a certain kind of people.
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