America

With Independence Day approaching, I wanted to reflect on what it means to live in America.

There's the country of America, which you have to defend, but there's also the idea of America. America is more than just a country, it's an idea. An idea that's supposed to be contagious.

--Bono, Oprah Winfrey Show, 2002

There is nothing wrong with America that the faith, love of freedom, intelligence and energy of her citizens cannot cure.

--Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890 - 1969)