The great thing about Americans is that we are only as constrained in our
lives as we allow ourselves to be. We are free to think outside the box
and even imagine ourselves in the luxury fit for a king while we are still in rags. Yet no one laughs at us because many other Americans have had those
dreams and achieved them despite all odds.
That is the hidden value in the American psyche that will never be purged by terror or diminished by apathy. If we are able to dream, we are able to pursue those dreams without the fear of censure or suppression. Our Constitution assures us of that.
Tonight millions of people around the globe will tune into the Presidential Debate in order to hear two typical Americans fight for the honor to become our next President. Both of them were dreamers of the dream at some point in their lives. One of them was so unlikely to achieve it that even tonight there will be some who wonder how he got there the first time. The other may have had more potential to achieve the dream but still has to work hard to earn it and hold on to it. Yet even if he fails, that will not stop his children from seeking it someday. No true American will laugh at them or remind them of their proper place in society. Anyone who would even think that way could not be a true American--regardless of what it may say on their birth certificate.
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