True enough. Please allow me to rephrase the sentence:
"Our heritage can no more be received by an unwilling world than a naked Janet Reno could be received willingly into my bed."
It may be unkind to equate our liberties with a naked Reno, but until these yahoos are educated to appreciate them, we'd best not swing from coast to coast expecting the world to recognize and receive the beacon we bear. To Americans it seems inconceiveable that one would not accept personal economic security, for example. But to those outside - especially those who have an entirely different world view - the idea is as alien as . . . well . . . I don't want to spoil another man's meal.