American Values during the Iraq War

The true greatness of America lies in the values we share as a nation. From America's beginning we shared a passionate concern for the rights and the well-being of each individual. That was a concern stated powerfully in our founding documents: the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights. From the images shown, we learn not only to tolerate others, whose appearance, religion, and culture are different from our own, but to …

…strength is not in power we hold, but in the promise we fulfill as a nation that truly does make better the life of the world. If we rededicate ourselves to that great goal and abide by our vindicated values as Americans, our achievements will reverberate around the globe, and America will be admired even more for what it must be now, in this new time, more than ever, "the last, best hope of earth."