No words. Just watch John Green, the father of 9-year-old Tucson massacre victim Christina Green, pay extraordinary tribute to his daughter — and to defending the American way of life:

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Quote: “This shouldn’t happen in this country or anywhere else, but in a free society, we’re going to be subject to people like this,” Green said. “So I prefer this to the alternative.”

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More on Christina Green’s zest for life.

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Contrast John Green’s defense of freedom with this: “‘I don’t know what’s in that nut’s head. I would rather be safe than sorry.”