There Is Nothing Wrong With America That

There Are Times When Only America Can Make The Difference Between War And Peace, Between Freedom And Repression, Between Life Death. We Cannot Save All The World's Children But We Can Save Many Of Them.

Citizen Service Is The Very American Idea That We Meet Our Challenges Not As Isolated Individuals But As Members Of A True Community, With All Of Us Working Together. Our Mission Is Nothing Less Than To Spark A Renewed Sense Of Obligation, A New Sense Of Duty, A New Season Of Service.

These Dilemmas Present Perhaps The Most Enduring Conundrum Of Human History: Can People Derive Their Identity Primarily By Positive Association Or Does Life's Meaning Also Require Negative Comparison To Others?

President Obama Has Offered A Plan With 4 Trillion Dollars In Debt Reduction Over A Decade, With Two And A Half Dollars Of Spending Reductions For Every One Dollar Of Revenue Increases, And Tight Controls On Future Spending. It's The Kind Of Balanced Approach Proposed By The Bipartisan Simpson-bowles Commission.

Whether Our Ancestors Came Here On The Mayflower, On Slave Ships, Whether They Came To Ellis Island Or Lax In Los Angeles, Whether They Came Yesterday Or Walked This Land A Thousand Years Ago Our Great Challenge For The 21st Century Is To Find A Way To Be One America. We Can Meet All The Other Challenges If We Can Go Forward As One America.