We tend to admire the people in our society who have accumulated such wealth as to seem somehow great. But we shouldn't forget that it was the everyday working class man who made this country great.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
What has made this nation great? Not its heroes but its households.
Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness. People are just people, and all people have faults and shortcomings, but all of us are born with a basic goodness.
The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.
I have always thought that being a good American is appreciating the world, not just your own country.
In the best days of our republic Americans were fiercely proud of the fact that rich and poor met on such equal terms in so many ways, and without the slightest trace of hostility.
In other countries they have histories with revolutions and class movements. In America, people don't like to think of themselves like being in a lower class. They all like to think of themselves as potential millionaires.
We must always remember that America is a great nation today not because of what government did for people but because of what people did for themselves and for one another.
America's greatness is largely because of how we value the weakest among us.
The America I know is great - not because government made it great but because ordinary citizens like me, like my father and like you are given the opportunity every day to do extraordinary things.
Remember, America's greatness is based on creating wealth like the rest of the world has never known, and then, making sure it's shared throughout a middle class and even the underprivileged.