The great thing about the United States and the historically magnetic effect it has had on a lot of people like me is its generosity, to put it simply.
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The generosity of the American people is legendary. So is their spirit.
There's no greater gift than thinking that you had some impact on the world, for the better.
The fact that so many of your people are today residents and citizens of the United States, lending their influence to our civic and economic life, which has meant so much to our development.
It came home to me indelibly that I was never going to change anything in America by walking around carrying a sign. It was a great revelation. It saved me a lot of anxiety and a lot of wasted energy.
The people in the United States are some of the most generous people in the world. We saw it in Haiti. We saw it with Katrina. When devastation strikes, American people want to step up.
Every one of our greatest national treasures, our liberty, enterprise, vitality, wealth, military power, global authority, flow from a surprising source: our ability to give thanks.
I find it extraordinary that this purpose which drove how we viewed the world is now considered to be something that has no effect upon us.
We feel an enormous sense of gratitude towards the American people.
I further value this gift as it gave me an opportunity to accept this distinguished honor in a country so devoted to this cause and whose history marks a wonderful chapter in world development.
It's amazing how powerful a piece of work can be and how it can influence people and change. It's pretty interesting.
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