Our ideals of freedom, set forth and realized in our Constitution, are our greatest export to the world.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- American constitutional freedoms are the country's most valuable global contribution.
- In plain terms
- The Constitution and freedom are the best thing America gives the world.
- What can you take from it?
- Freedom is America's key export.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What values should guide global influence?
Another view
Ideals alone cannot solve global problems.
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