The ABCs of Being “Just An American”

A/B - America the Beautiful

While America is certainly filled with natural wonders of incredible beauty, what ultimately makes America beautiful is that anyone, from any race or creed, can be an American.

C - Capitalist, free-market economy

Capitalism may well be the worst of economic systems, except for all the other ones that have been tried.

Capitalism is actually the best economic system because it provides, simultaneously, a high degree of freedom and prosperity – two fundamental human needs.

D- Democratic, constitutional republic

It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.

E - English as the primary language of commerce and discourse

How can a group of people coalesce without a common language? They can’t, because language is a primary glue that holds societies together and that allows people to develop trust among themselves by developing personal and business relationships.

F - Firearms - right to bear

“A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.” The United States Constitution, 2nd Amendment

 “The advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation, the existence of subordinate governments, to which the people are attached, and by which the militia officers are appointed, forms a barrier against the enterprises of ambition, more insurmountable than any which a simple government of any form can admit of.” — James Madison, “Federalist 46”

G/H/I - Greco-Roman intellectual and political heritage

The political institutions and philosophical/intellectual traditions of Western culture and by extension of the USA, have their historical roots in the philosophy, literature, science, and institutions of classical Greek and Roman culture.

The influence of Greek and Roman culture on the political and intellectual foundations of European society that were eventually brought to America and used as the basis for the foundation of the United States Constitution.

J - Judeo-Christian "ethos"

Judeo-Christian values are the moral basis of Western society and form the ethical foundations for the USA’s political, economic, and legal systems.

“We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion . . . Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” John Adams, Founding Father