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Freedom Is Never More Than One Generation Away From Extinction

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“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children’s children what it was once like in the United States where men were free” (Ronald Reagan). “America is a Nation with a mission and that mission comes from our most basic beliefs. We have no desire to dominate, no ambitions of empire. Our aim is a democratic peace – a peace founded upon the dignity and rights of every man and woman” (George W. Bush). “Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits” (Thomas Jefferson). What all these quotes have in colloquial is that they all want freedom. What everyone is that “American Dream.” Whatever that may be. This is what an American Dream is to me. An American where we are all can be free. A place where people can live and learn. A place where we can be who are and be accepted for that. A place where we can work and earn what we worked for,

"The American Dream" is that dream of a nation in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with accomplishments. It is a dream of social stability in which each man and each woman shall be able to achieve to the fullest distinction of which

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