This nation is peaceful, but fierce when stirred to anger.

This nation is peaceful, but fierce when stirred to anger.

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more
perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic read more

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more
perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility,
provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and
secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Prosperity,
do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States
of America.

Columbia, Columbia, to glory arise,
The queen of the world and the child of the skies!
Thy read more

Columbia, Columbia, to glory arise,
The queen of the world and the child of the skies!
Thy genius commands thee; with rapture behold,
While ages on ages thy splendors unfold.

Hail, Columbia! happy land!
Hail, ye heroes! heaven-born band!
Who fought and bled in Freedom's cause.

Hail, Columbia! happy land!
Hail, ye heroes! heaven-born band!
Who fought and bled in Freedom's cause.

America! half brother of the world!
With something good and bad of every land.

America! half brother of the world!
With something good and bad of every land.

Out where the handclasp's a little stronger,
Out where the smile swells a little longer,
That's where read more

Out where the handclasp's a little stronger,
Out where the smile swells a little longer,
That's where the West begins.

Asylum of the oppressed of every nation.

Asylum of the oppressed of every nation.

The breaking waves dashed high
On a stern and rock-bound coast;
And the woods against a stormy read more

The breaking waves dashed high
On a stern and rock-bound coast;
And the woods against a stormy sky,
Their giant branches toss'd.

Americanism means the virtues of courage, honor, justice, truth, sincerity, and hardihood—the virtues that made America. The things that will read more

Americanism means the virtues of courage, honor, justice, truth, sincerity, and hardihood—the virtues that made America. The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living and the get-rich-quick theory of life.