Patriotism In America
AMERICAN PATRIOTISM
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AMERICAN PATRIOTISM Patriotism in America is the love for or devotion to America. Patriotism represents people who love this country and support the country's authority and interests. American patriotism does not only mean an unquestioning loyalty to the decisions of the United States government. Patriotism is staring unblinkingly into the face of history. It is to acknowledge the injustices and cruelties that have been a part of the nation's history, as well as the marvelous accomplishments. It is, most of all, to have a dream of the United States as a country of freedom, justice, fairness, and equality to all of its people, and to admit that the dream is not yet reality; that work is still required. In this time, it appears that American …show more content…
They seem unaware of the truth of the saying: "To be born free is a great privilege; to die free is a great responsibility." Likewise: "Any government big enough to give a person everything is big enough to take away everything." That ignorance seems especially true of many young Americans, who have not known great hardship or imminent danger to their freedom. It has been said that youth are twenty percent of the population but one hundred percent of the future. Therefore, if the youth of America do not have a vital understanding of what this nation is about, in a few generations there will not be an America. The future of America is principled around patriotism. American Patriotism helps reawaken the American Spirit across the land so that the best of this country's heritage is publicly recognized and reasserted as the basis of our local, state, and national life. Beyond that, it is an effort to extend the American heritage peacefully around the planet to develop a global society based on the ideals of liberty, unalienable rights, and equality of opportunity, so that a world community emerges which is
By: dat
E-mail: xasianboyx@aol.com
AMERICAN PATRIOTISM Patriotism in America is the love for or devotion to America. Patriotism represents people who love this country and support the country's authority and interests. American patriotism does not only mean an unquestioning loyalty to the decisions of the United States government. Patriotism is staring unblinkingly into the face of history. It is to acknowledge the injustices and cruelties that have been a part of the nation's history, as well as the marvelous accomplishments. It is, most of all, to have a dream of the United States as a country of freedom, justice, fairness, and equality to all of its people, and to admit that the dream is not yet reality; that work is still required. In this time, it appears that American …show more content…
They seem unaware of the truth of the saying: "To be born free is a great privilege; to die free is a great responsibility." Likewise: "Any government big enough to give a person everything is big enough to take away everything." That ignorance seems especially true of many young Americans, who have not known great hardship or imminent danger to their freedom. It has been said that youth are twenty percent of the population but one hundred percent of the future. Therefore, if the youth of America do not have a vital understanding of what this nation is about, in a few generations there will not be an America. The future of America is principled around patriotism. American Patriotism helps reawaken the American Spirit across the land so that the best of this country's heritage is publicly recognized and reasserted as the basis of our local, state, and national life. Beyond that, it is an effort to extend the American heritage peacefully around the planet to develop a global society based on the ideals of liberty, unalienable rights, and equality of opportunity, so that a world community emerges which is