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Americans to pursue happiness. The Founders appealed to these habits and, through word and deed, showed their countrymen their importance for the preservation of the new republic.
    As the beneficiaries of the Founders’ genius and sacrifice, American citizens are still responsible for cultivating and preserving these habits today. As Dr. Joseph Warren charged his fellow countrymen in 1776 before he gave his life for his country in the Battle of Bunker Hill, “On you depend the fortunes of America. You are to decide the important
question, on which rest the happiness and liberty of millions yet unborn. Act worthy of yourselves.”
    Parts II and III of this book will explore how these five habits of liberty evolved, how they helped to make America exceptional, how they are being dangerously undermined, and how we can revitalize them and restore American Exceptionalism. But before we begin that discussion, let’s step away from our study of history and briefly consider, through the words of some notable witnesses, how powerful—and how crucial to our future—American Exceptionalism really is.

CHAPTER THREE
    WHO WE ARE IN THE WORDS OF NEW AMERICANS AND THOSE WHO LOVE AMERICA
    M uch of this book will discuss American Exceptionalism as it relates to history and to America’s political institutions. But we need to acknowledge that American Exceptionalism is something deeper than that—it’s also a visceral, emotional attachment to America and to the common destiny we Americans share.
    This feeling tends to be particularly strong in recent immigrants. Attracted to America by the prospect of freedom and opportunity, and often fleeing wars or oppressive governments, new Americans instinctively embrace the tenets of American Exceptionalism. There are many accounts from the early twentieth century of the awe felt by ship-bound immigrants upon seeing the Statue of Liberty, a sight that reduced many voyagers to tears. Talking to new immigrants today, we find the same deeply felt connection to America and the same conviction that something special sets America apart from all other nations.

    More people from more countries speaking more languages and with more diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds come to the United States than to any other country in history. Every year the United States accepts more legal immigrants than all the other countries in the world combined.
    People find opportunity in America that they can only dream of in their home countries. If Arnold Schwarzenegger had remained in a small town in Austria, he would never have become a multimillionaire businessman, a worldwide movie star, and a renowned politician. If Hakeem Olajuwon had stayed in Nigeria, he could not have grown into an internationally acclaimed basketball star. If Andrew Carnegie remained in Scotland, he would not have risen from being a factory worker to become a steel magnate and world famous philanthropist. If Levi Strauss had settled down in his native Bavaria, he would not have made his first name synonymous with an article of clothing now worn in every country in the world.
    You don’t need to live in America to be struck by the grandeur of American Exceptionalism; foreign observers of our nation have long admired Americans’ adventurous, entrepreneurial spirit. Indeed, the American Dream is understood far and wide, enticing tens of thousands of people every year to give up everything they have to create a new life of opportunity in America.
    The following passages are testaments, offered by new immigrants to America as well as foreign observers, to the American character and the unique promise of this land. Ranging from world leaders to war refugees, these speakers offer a heartening reminder of the unique passion that America inspires.

ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE
FRENCH POLITICAL PHILOSOPHER, DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA , VOL. 1, 1835
    The chief circumstance which has favored the establishment and the maintenance of a