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‘A more perfect union’—it’s right there in our foundations that we aren’t perfect, that we have more to strive for.”
Most kingdoms or nations just say, ‘we rule because we’re strongest’ or ‘we rule because a god threw a thunderbolt and willed it so.’ We’re the country who said, ‘Here we are; let’s live by these principles and keep getting better at living up to them.’”
She’d never quite been able to explain that patriotism should be more than just a simple wave of the flag without thought behind it.
“And she’s my country now, yes. But does that mean she gets a pass on criticism, forever, even when she’s wrong?
