I am a product of the USA.
I was cast in a mold fashioned by men and women who first crossed the Atlantic not to find soil for their ploughs, but to secure liberty for their souls.
My predecessors knew the burden of servitude and the steep price of freedom. They have heard the sharp whistle of bullets and the roar of cannon-fire and have responded with resolve. Those that came before me knew that unless they would all hang together, they must surely hang separately.
Their vision of a wise and frugal government is now my reality. This government “shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government, and this is necessary to close the circle of our felicity.” ~ Thomas Jefferson.
Millions of pioneers braved disease-infested ships and treacherous terrain to build America with nothing more than their ingenuity and two hands. They were free to regulate their own pursuit of life, liberty and happiness.
The American resolve has been tested through a civil war, terrorist attacks and the daily determination of the American people. After more than two centuries, America is still producing a people who have the power of self determination. Our possibilities are only limited by our imaginations and our level of work.
Through 235 years American men and women have plunged forward, step by step and day by day with the belief that they can mold their lives into whatever they chose. I can make my life whatever I choose.
Our nation has remained the land of the free only because it is the home of the brave.
I am a proud product of the USA.
