Wisdom Commons - Exploring, Elevating and Celebrating Our Shared Moral Core
  • Sign Up
  • |
  • Log In
  • home
  • what's here
  • virtues list
  • member pages
  • add content
  • parenting tips
  • store

The true test of the American...

    • Currently 4.0/5 Stars.
  • Add to My Wisdom Page
  • Share with a friend
  • Print a poster
  • Share this wisbit on Facebook
Fairness - Humility - Responsibility - Unity - Citizenship
The true test of the American ideal is whether we’re able to recognize our failings and then rise together to meet the challenges of our time. Whether we allow ourselves to be shaped by events and history, or whether we act to shape them. Whether chance of birth or circumstance decides life’s big winners and losers, or whether we build a community where, at the very least, everyone has a chance to work hard, get ahead, and reach their dreams.
  • Author: Barack Obama
  • Contributor: ValerieT
  • North America
  • Source
  • Permalink

Source (click to close)

speech, Jun. 4, 2005
Contribution #2531


  • Add to My Wisdom Page
  • Share with a friend
  • Print a poster
  • Share this wisbit on Facebook

See related quotes, proverbs, poetry, folktales, and essays about: Fairness - Humility - Responsibility - Unity - Citizenship

Comments

Log in or Sign up to comment.
  • About
  • Help
  • Feedback
  • Related Sites
  • Terms and Conditions
  • Privacy Policy
  • © 2013 Wisdom Commons