The message thereby transmitted does not take a stand upon our disagreements, except to say that those disagreements are best regarded as competing interpretations of shared ideals.

Even so, it might help to remember that the French-American alliance was not born of shared ideals.

Instead, it is woven of shared ideals of "liberty and justice for all."

American society is largely held together by the glue of shared ideals that are political, not cultural.

They embodied the shared ideals of these interlocking institutions and radiated their own authority back through what was taught, financed or published as politically serieux.

Memories of shared ideals.

He met contemporary expectations of kingship in his role as an able, determined soldier and in his embodiment of shared chivalric ideals.

But today, the Founding Fathers' shared ideals enshrined in the Constitution stand marred by special interests.

The definition of citizenship shifted from the belief in a common culture to following shared ideals.

We also need to revive the sense of common purpose, the shared ideals that motivated our founding fathers.