by Main | May 25, 2021 | Service and Volunteerism, Universal Principles and Values
The following are a compilation of excerpts from speeches from 2008 and 2012: I believe that America’s true strength lies in its moral authority as a nation rooted in spiritual principles and values, which has championed human rights and freedoms at home and abroad....
by Main | May 21, 2015 | Service and Volunteerism
“The dream of America’s Founding Fathers not only gave birth to a great nation, unique in world history to that point. It also left substantial footprints throughout the world. It set out the ideal of universal human rights, freedoms, and responsibilities and made...
by Main | Apr 20, 2015 | National Transformation, Universal Principles and Values
When lecturing on “What is a Nation”, French scholar, Ernest Renan, suggested that building a nation required acceptance of the past and choosing new realities for a shared future. He explains: A nation is therefore a large-scale solidarity, constituted by the feeling...
by Main | Feb 17, 2014 | Americas, Moral and Innovative Leadership, Service and Volunteerism, Universal Principles and Values
In 1776, America conducted a revolutionary experiment. The Founding Fathers of America set forth an ambitious vision. When monarchies were the choice form of governance, they set out to prove that a government could be run “of the people, for the people and by the...
