There's always a part of your nation's history that you haven't been told that... has a powerful impact on how you yourself may behave and may believe.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
After I became a citizen, I felt freer to say what I thought about this country, both negative and positive. I think I had been, consciously and subconsciously, biting my tongue in the past.
Just because I believe in the identity and integrity of my country doesn't make a xenophobe or a nationalist.
It has been said that a nation reveals its character by the values it upholds.
I still believe in my country.
The British have given me good support for the last 8 years and have always believed in me.
But sometimes in the midst of worry, anxiety and hard work, it has been pretty hard to bear all these false reports going about the country - to see my friends alienated and being made to believe things that were absolutely false.
History shows that nations are more fragile than their citizens think. No nation in history has survived the ravages of time.
History shows that Americans believe in doing the right thing.
Many countries had a hand in raising me. I am the product of many contradicting philosophies and cultures... My entire universe is comprised of these foreign traditions. If any one of these experiences are to be ignored, I wouldn't be the same.
History will point out some of the things I did wrong and some of the things I did right.
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