We are a nation that is great not just because, as I said earlier in
my remarks, of our founding document, which, as Thurgood Marshall
wrote, took a civil war and amendments, took an expansive vision of who
is included in the ideal of ``we the people,'' but it is the spirit of
America that has pushed forward, where people in positions of power as
well as grassroots folks embody that great American spirit. I want to read from one of our great Americans, a man named Learned
Hand. Judge Learned Hand wrote a speech called the ``Spirit of
Liberty.'' He hand-delivered the speech during World War II to 1.5
million people. It was a time when a whole bunch of naturalized
citizens were there. He spoke to first-generation Americans and folks
who could have traced their lineage far, far back. He writes:
We have gathered here to affirm a faith, a faith in a
common purpose, a common conviction, a common devotion.
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