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irectionandpurposebymoralcharacter,shapedinstrongfamilies,strongcommunities,andstrongreligiousititutioandoverseenbyastrongandfairlegalsystem.

mycountry''sgreatestsymboltotheworld,thestatueofliberty,wasdesignedwithgreatcare.asyoulookclosely,youwillseethatsheisholdingnotoneobject,buttwo.inonehandisthefamiliartorch,thelightofliberty.intheotherisabookoflaw.

weareanationoflaws.ourcourtsarehonestandindependent.thepresidentcan''ttellthecourtshowtoruleandneithercananyothermemberoftheexecutiveorlegislativebranch.underourlaw,everyonestandsequal.nooneisabovethelaw,andnooneisbeneathit.

allpoliticalpowerinamericaislimitedandtemporary,andonlygivenbyafreevoteofthepeople.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

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