BEING AMERICAN: A Primer for All Parties & Persuasions (PDF)

What is the American Dream? From its very inception and foundation America represented a new possibility in the world. Not a perfect, or even complete, possibility, but the beginning of something never attempted before: the virtual creation of a new nation from scratch. Truly understanding the idea and opportunity of America transcends race, gender, religion, sexual preference, and even the human flaws of the men who first attempted to manifest it. What does it really mean to be an American? In the words of the 18th century Enlightenment philosopher Immanuel Kant: "Dare to know!"

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