And they'd have been horrified if they'd known that any of us would. But you can't let that powerful an idea out into the world without consequences. What it was founded on, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, in many ways I feel are used as billy clubs against minorities and cultural minorities, whether they be gay, or different in any way from the norm in this country.
I, for example, don't think I'd like to go to California because of what I look like. I could be pulled over and carded, and I would have to prove my ancestry.
And look how long my family has been in northern New Mexico. Ten to twelve generations! This reading, which can be found in our unit, My Part of the Story , is also part of a new series of lessons for the documentary film, American Creed. One of those is Tegan Griffith, an American veteran from the midwest.
Watch this two-minute clip of Tegan's story and tune in for t he nationwide premiere of American Creed tonight at 9 p. CT on PBS. Photo courtesy of American Creed. Topics: Identity. And this President wakes up every morning, looks out across America and is proud to announce, 'It could be worse.
Is that what it means to be an American? It could be worse? Of course not. What defines us as Americans is our unwavering conviction that we know it must be better. I'm interested in what it means to be an American.
I'm interested in what it means to live in America. I'm interested in the kind of country that we live in and leave our kids. I'm interested in trying to define what that country is. We are all the sons or daughters of immigrants - some more recent than others - but all dedicated to the triumph of an idea that serves as the touchstone of what it means to be an American. This America is the only America that we have hitherto known - if being conservative has anything to do with conserving the principles of our past, then no conservative has any business bashing legal immigration.
And children, if your parents haven't been teaching you what it means to be an American, let 'em know and nail 'em on it. That would be a very American thing to do. Number one, we need to get in shape, number two we need to shoot, number three, we need to learn self-defense, and number four, we need to study small-unit tactics If you do not have 5, rounds of.
We need to train our families how to shoot as well. We need to get food. We need to have a year's supply of food, two years supply of seeds, we need to have a year's supply of sundry items.
We prepare for the worst but hope for the best. Our example - and commitment - to freedom has changed the world. But along with the genius of our Declaration of Independence, our Constitution, and our Bill of Rights, is the equal genius of our economic system.
Our Founding Fathers endeavored to create a moral and just society like no other in history, and out of that grew a moral and just economic system the likes of which the world had never seen. Our freedom, what it means to be an American, has been defined and sustained by the liberating power of the free enterprise system. Every day we present the best quotes! Improve yourself, find your inspiration, share with friends. This website or its third-party tools use cookies, which are necessary to its functioning and required to achieve the purposes illustrated in the cookie policy.
I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death! Our whole history appears like a last effort of divine providence on behalf of the human race. That would be a very American thing to do. Number one, we need to get in shape, number two we need to shoot, number three, we need to learn self-defense, and number four, we need to study small-unit tactics… If you do not have 5, rounds of. We need to train our families how to shoot as well. We need to get food.
We prepare for the worst but hope for the best. I hope you will make good use of it. But you know, you also have the freedom to stay just where you are. Freedom to believe means the freedom to believe the wrong thing, after all. Just as freedom of speech gives you the right to stay silent. Our example — and commitment — to freedom has changed the world.
But along with the genius of our Declaration of Independence, our Constitution, and our Bill of Rights, is the equal genius of our economic system. Our Founding Fathers endeavored to create a moral and just society like no other in history, and out of that grew a moral and just economic system the likes of which the world had never seen.
Our freedom, what it means to be an American, has been defined and sustained by the liberating power of the free enterprise system.
Each generation of Americans must define what it means to be an American.
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