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None of us are perfect, and we all make mistakes. But the American people are a very forgiving people.

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.

The great corporations of this country were not founded by ordinary people. They were founded by people with extraordinary intelligence, ambition, and aggressiveness.

The ordinary American is the opposite of a cynic. He is on the average more of a believer and a defender of the faith in humanity than the rest of the Occidentals. It is a relatively important matter to him to be true to his own ideals and to carry them out in actual life.

A great thing can only be done by a great person; and they do it without effort.

In general, Americans are not very good at nation-building and not very good colonialists.

The genius of the American system is that through freedom we have created extraordinary results from plain old ordinary people.

I think 'The Americans' is exceptional on every level.

I know my country has not perfected itself. At times, we've struggled to keep the promise of liberty and equality for all of our people. We've made our share of mistakes, and there are times when our actions around the world have not lived up to our best intentions.