Politics is not what makes this country great. It is the spirit of our forefathers and our grandfathers. The mothers of the children and the children themselves. It flows in the deepest of rivers with a current stronger than time. 

 Agree or disagree with today’s ripple, the river flows on.

We are all that it means to be American, 
For all that stands behind us, 
For all that lies before us, 
For all that resides within each of us, 
For the greatest of land,  
Between the most beautiful of seas, 
To the Bluest of skies and everyday proclaim…