Posted on 05/16/2015 10:57:03 AM PDT by Abakumov
More has been done to further progress by America than anywhere else because we are a people who believe we can do things better. Since Columbus touched these shores, the Pilgrims knelt down and kissed the ground, and our Founding Patriots risked everything for independence, the commitment to pursuing human betterment for all has been understood as our God-given responsibility.
This is because Americans believe in the value and potential of every individual, which also is the engine that powers capitalism. Distilled to the bare essence, markets operate based on the principle that the decisions made every day by millions of individuals are right. The sanctity of the individual that is the foundation for democracy and our market economy is a Judeo-Christian concept rooted in the sovereignty of each human soul.
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I love the closing line: Go make your pearls.
Loved this speech.
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