epeople.wehaveacotitution,nowtwocenturiesold,whichlimitsandbalancesthepowersofthethreebranchesofourgovernment:judicial,legislativeandexecutive.
manyofthevaluesthatguideourlifeinamericaarefirstshapedinourfamilies,justastheyareinyourcountry.americanmomsanddadslovetheirchildrenandworkhardandsacrificeforthem,becausewebelievelifecanalwaysbebetterforthenextgeneration.inourfamilies,wefindloveandlearnreoibilityandcharacter.
andmanyamericavoluntarilydevotepartoftheirlivestoservingothers.anamazingnumbernearlyhalfofalladultsinamericavolunteertimeeveryweektomaketheircommunitiesbetterbymentoringchildrenvisitingthesickcaringfortheelderlyandhelpingwithathousandotherneedsandcauses.thisisoneofthegreatstrengthsofmycountry.peopletakereoibilityforhelpingotherswithoutbeingtold,motivatedbytheirgoodheartsandoftenbytheirfaith.
americaisanationguidedbyfaith.someoneoncecalledus``anationwiththesoulofachurch.''ninety-fivepercentofamericasaytheybelieveingod,andi'moneofthem.
whenimetwithpresidentjiangzemininshanghaiafewmonthsago,itoldhimhowfaithhasshapedmyownlife,andhowfaithcontributestothelifeofmycountry.faithpointstoamorallawbeyondman'slawandcallsustodutieshigherthanmaterialgain.freedomofreligionisnotsomethingtobefearedbuttobewelcomed,becausefaithgivesusamoralcoreandteachesustoholdourselvestohighstandards,toloveandserveothers,andtolivereoiblelives.
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ifyoutravelacroamerica,youwillfindpeopleofmanydifferentethicbackgroundsandmanydifferentfaiths.weareavariedcountry
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