Dedication to America

That generation of resolute Americans
whom we call the Founding Fathers.
The created the first free people
to survive as a nation in modern times.
They wrote a new kind of Constitution
which is now the oldest in existence.
They built a new kind of commonwealth
designed as a model for the whole human race.
They believed it was thoroughly possible
to create a new kind of civilization,
giving freedom, equality, and justice to all.
Their first design for a free-people nation
was to encompass all North America,
accommodating, as John Adams said,
two to three hundred million free men.
They created a new cultural climate
that gave wind to the human spitit.
They encouraged exploration to reveal
the scientific secrets of the universe.
They built a free-enterprise culture
to encourage industry and prosperity.
They gave humanity the needed ingredients
for a gigantic 5,000-year leap.

Taken from "A Miracle That Changed the World" by W. Cleon Skousen