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What Is The Idea America?

March 7th, 2006 by Laura Moncur in Quotations
Sitting at the table doesn’t make you a diner, unless you eat some of what’s on that plate. Being here in America doesn’t make you an American. Being born here in America doesn’t make you an American.
Malcolm X, Malcolm X Speaks, 1965
There’s the country of America, which you have to defend, but there’s also the idea of America. America is more than just a country, it’s an idea. An idea that’s supposed to be contagious.
Bono, Oprah Winfrey Show, 2002

If Bono and Malcolm X are right, then America and being an American means more than being born in this country and living here. If America is an idea, what is that idea?

There is a New America every morning when we wake up. It is upon us whether we will it or not.
Adlai E. Stevenson Jr.
There is nothing wrong with America that the faith, love of freedom, intelligence and energy of her citizens cannot cure.
Dwight D. Eisenhower

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What do you think the idea of America is?

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