We Americans set aside one day each year to give thanks for our many blessings. It hardly seems enough.

No other people are as prosperous as Americans. No other nation does as much to ensure no one is deprived of the necessities of life.

Our neighbors need not be asked for help when they sense we need it. Invariably, natural disasters are followed quickly by human miracles as good-hearted men and women rush to help. That is simply how we Americans govern our lives.

How we govern ourselves collectively has been a marvel to most of the rest of the world for more than two centuries.

Quite simply, our ancestors gave us a government resting solidly on a foundation of individual liberties. Actions tens of millions of Americans engage in regularly would cause billions of others in our world t

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