The sacred freedoms we enjoy daily were secured to us through great risk and personal sacrifice by courageous men like General George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, Benjamin Franklin and many others.
As the Father of this country, General Washington gave us the American legacy of hope, optimism, innovation, self-reliance, hard work and true independence. That is the spirit of America. That is the independence that for over 200 years has made America great.
There was no cry from our founding fathers asking England to dole out subsistence to fledgling colonies. In fact – just the opposite was true as Americans cried out for independence. We cut the strings of dominating oppression so smothering to the entrepreneurial spirit. We went to war for the right of self-determination. We fought for the freedom to succeed and learn from our mistakes, knowing that it is through our failures that we become wiser and stronger.
This is our sacred legacy, left to us by courageous men of integrity whose passion and dedication to action led a rabble of British subjects to become a nation of freemen – masters of their own destiny. As your Senator I hope to continue that fight.
