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é Just where is this balance? \ The answer: it is difficult to determine. This . _is the genius of our American system that we can protect both our internal security and our common welfare, yet at the same time allow freedom for the private citizen, in . whatever field he chogses, to develop his personality as a child of God. Today we find conflicting voices. Some people think primarily in terms of protecting society...and say that individual rights must be chipped, cut back, reduced. Others say there is too much emphasis on protecting community rights to the detriment of individual liberties. Each of these arguments, in my opinion, possesses merit...yet neither contains the full and final truth. Somewhere in the middle ~ in the happy medium ~ ‘ there must be a blending of the two viewpoints. The whole history of America ever since the ‘days of the Constitutional Convention of 1787 has been this give-and-take, this dialogue between these two essential viewpoints. ~ Can we ever arrive at a final, permanent position... where we can say. "here we are, this much protection for our society, this much protection for the individual?" ny Sra ger} capes Ee ore Te wer FL a i ae 7s ‘hs - ee “tf. 7