31.   The film is a sharp-tongued indictment of the American ideal of the good life.

32.   The story on the Mall showcases American ideals and the national character, and honors heroes who personify democracy.

33.   The temple of the American democratic ideal had to be cleansed.

34.   The war of ethnic and religious hatred in Bosnia strikes at the heart of the American ideal.

35.   There is a strong argument that what he has done to civil liberties will have even more damaging consequences for American ideals.

36.   There has been an assumption that public docility or, worse, indifference, gives unlimited license to degrade and deform the American political ideal.

37.   To the contrary, the American ideal is that race should not matter, that common decency ought to command that everyone in the same boat be treated equally.

38.   Watch how we constantly grapple with this American ideal, this spirit of fair play, how it divides us and troubles us.

39.   We also have potential threats to the traditional American ideal of quality public education.

40.   But if it follows the proposed changes, it will better reflect American ideals of justice and the rule of law.