1/ The radicalism of the American ideal is that here would be a place where anyone could have the chance to manifest their God-given potential. We’ve never fully embodied that ideal, but many at great personal sacrifice have pushed it forward and in various ways we’ve succeeded.

2/ Too many losing sight of that ideal & disconnecting from personal responsibility for furthering it, has left us vulnerable to all the undemocratic forces that abound today. Reclaiming the ideal in our own hearts is fuel for pushing back powerfully against those who threaten it

3/ When we’re only serving ourselves we’re not as powerful as when we’re serving something bigger. The journey of the US - a struggle it embodies between the worst & best of human nature - is a continuing ribbon of history that stops at every generation’s door. It’s at ours now