Celebrating American Identity and Values

So, tonight, let us say clearly and proudly what makes Americans so unique and extraordinary.

We're going to give our country its identity back.

Above all, Americans love freedom.

We cherish independence, and we know that we are the heirs to the most beautiful land,

the most thrilling story, and the most precious legacy on which the sun has ever shined.

And in America, we do not need anyone's permission to say what we think and to live as we please,

to worship as we choose, or to keep and bear arms.

You know that.

And for almost six years during my presidency, I've saved almost single-handedly, but working

with John and some other great people, we've saved your Second Amendment.

And I will continue to do so, I promise.

Our rights here, given to us by the God who made us, and those rights shall not be infringed.

Americans believe in self-reliance.

We look at success with envy not.

And I say that some people are envious and some people are not.

We are not.

But with admiration, and we earn it, and we will always earn it, and we will always respect it.

We are an incredible, good, kind, and generous people, always ready to help a friend or a

neighbor in need.

No one has ever given more to charity, ended more hunger, cured more disease, or done more

to uplift humanity than Americans, and no country ever will be able to match it.

Thank you.

So true.

Americans honor excellence.

We admire boldness.

We respect ambition.

We are a nation of dreamers and believers, warriors and explorers, doers and fighters.

In every human endeavor, Americans see an unfinished competition.

What is strong can be made stronger.

What is fast can be made faster.

What is great can be made greater than ever before.

And that's what's happening with America.

Show us a mountain and we'll just climb it.

Show us an ocean and we'll just cross it.

Show us a problem and we will just solve it.

Show us a task the world calls impossible and Americans will get it done.

Americans are strong and always ready to stand firm for a good cause.

We treasure justice, fairness, family, honesty, and human dignity, unlike societies based

on class, clan, or tribe.

We see every citizen as an individual, equal under the law and equal under the eyes of

the Lord.

In America, we speak English because that is the language of our founding and for a

thousand years that has been the language of freedom.

An American always wants peace and order, but we will never shrink from danger or threat.

We will always fight, fight, fight and win, win, win.

We got to do that because this is our culture.

This is our character.

Not every American is all of these things, but every American knows these are the traits

that make our country exceptional and exceptional it is.

You do not have to be born here, but you do have to love what we have built.

You must love our country.

There has never been anything like us anywhere on earth and we are not going to let anyone

take that away.