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It's a fairly young country,
but we learn along the way.

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It's actually a really big deal
to me because I'm a U.S.

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history teacher.

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I think about what I want
my daughter to know

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and what it means to be an
American, and what it means to

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celebrate and fully

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realize this dream, the
American dream, that should

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be extended to all.

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I want to protect the promise
of America

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and what it can be, and what
it is.

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I'm very proud to be an American
but I'm actually as

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proud to have been

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the descendants of immigrants.

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America is growing and evolving.

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We need to always work to keep
it a democracy.

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Benjamin Franklin said you've
got “a republic if

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you can keep it.”

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It's a wonderful achievement
for our country.

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I feel like we need to celebrate
that.

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I'd say that, it gives me hope.