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.

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter, and lose our freedoms, it will be because we read more

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter, and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.

This is my home. Home is where the disease is. As long as I stay in America, I'll never run read more

This is my home. Home is where the disease is. As long as I stay in America, I'll never run out of subjects for songs.

I can hear you. The rest of the world hears you. And the people
who knocked these buildings down read more

I can hear you. The rest of the world hears you. And the people
who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon.

Yet, still, from either beach,
The voice of blood shall reach,
More audible than speech,
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Yet, still, from either beach,
The voice of blood shall reach,
More audible than speech,
"We are one!"

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.

I called the New World into existence to redress the balance of
the Old.

I called the New World into existence to redress the balance of
the Old.

America now stands as the world's foremost power. We should be proud: Not since the age of the Romans have read more

America now stands as the world's foremost power. We should be proud: Not since the age of the Romans have one people achieved such preeminence. But we are not Romans; we do not seek an empire. We are Americans, trustees of a vision and a heritage that commit us to the values of democracy and the universal cause of human rights.

We believe that what matters most is not narrow appeals masquerading as values, but the shared values that show the read more

We believe that what matters most is not narrow appeals masquerading as values, but the shared values that show the true face of America; not narrow values that divide us, but the shared values that unite us: family, faith, hard work, opportunity and responsibility for all, so that every child, every adult, every parent, every worker in America has an equal shot at living up to their God-given potential. That is the American dream and the American value.