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For me, the essence of what it means to be an American is an understanding that when you value your neighbors freedom, you secure your own. When you refuse to allow your neighbors to be oppressed, you secure yourself against oppression. When you refuse to allow your neighbor to starve, you protect yourself against starvation. The individual matters and the way you express the respect of the individual is to respect everyone and care for their circumstances with the same level of passion you bring to protecting yourself. I am proud of that America. I am pround of that ideal. Hang together or hang seperately.