I hate it that sentiments like this are so prone to be cliche that thoughtful people completely avoid them. It is absolutely reasonable to say something like this. The internet has shrunk the world, strengthened global solidarity, weakened our illusions of nationalism.

I'll see your hippiness and raise you a poem. Cheesiness be damned.

  We loved the easy and the smart,
  But now, with keener hand and brain,
  We rise to play a greater part.
  The lesser loyalties depart,
  And neither race nor creed remain
  From bitter searching of the heart.
  Not steering by the venal chart
  That tricked the mass for private gain,
  We rise to play a greater part.
  Reshaping narrow law and art
  Whose symbols are the millions slain,
  From bitter searching of the heart
  We rise to play a greater part.