America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination, and unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.

I have one yardstick by which I test every major problem-and that yardstick is: Is it good for America?

What is the essence of America? Finding and maintaining that perfect, delicate balance between freedom "to" and freedom "from."

I earnestly pray that the Omnipotent Being who has not deserted the cause of America in the hour of its extremest hazard, will never yield so fair a heritage of freedom a prey to "Anarchy" or "Despotism"

And I'm proud to be an American, where at least I know I'm free. And I won't forget the men who died, who gave that right to me.

All you have to do is look up on the Fourth of July.