Many Americans wrongly think of the military as the exclusive, or primary, guardian of American pride and patriotism. However, only in a totalitarian society does the military define, instead of defend, what it means to be American. We must never lose the battle for democracy in such careless formulations. We must not surrender to bullets and bombs what can only be had by belief and behavior -- like the encouragement of dissent, the tolerance of wide disagreement about what it means to be American, and the freedom to protest for freedom.
-- Michael Eric Dyson, What Truth Sounds Like, p. 248-249
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