"In 1835, a young civil servant and aristocrat from France, named Alexis de Tocqueville, would publish a book about America that still resonates today."

"The book is called "Democracy in America," and in it this young Frenchman said that the secret to America's success was our talent for bringing people together for the common good."

"Our Founders rejected both a radical individualism that makes no room for others, and the dreary collectivism that crushes the individual. They gave us instead a society where individual freedom is anchored in communities."

"The future success of our nation depends on our ability to understand the difference between right and wrong and to have the strength of character to make the right choices."

"it is in the citizen school boards that determine how our children are educated;"

"And we learn how to come together by participating in our churches and temples and mosques and synagogues;"

"too little government can leave us helpless and alone"

"We're still the nation our Founders imagined"

Source: WhiteHouse.gov