THIS IS A NATION BUILT BY PEOPLE IN PURSUIT OF powerful principles.
As with everything created by humans, the nation has flaws.
But the flaws do not diminish the beauty of the ambitions that fired Alexander Hamilton. No democracy in the history of the world has lasted longer than the one he, perhaps above all, helped forge. Heart, mind, and body: he gave it all.
We, the people, owe a debt of gratitude to Alexander—an immigrant—and to the many souls who built this nation: men, women, people of color, people living in bondage, and those persecuted for their religion and sexual orientation.
It is our obligation to understand the complexity, the fragility, and the failures that have dogged us in every step of our history. We owe it to the founders, to ourselves, and to the millions of unborn souls to keep working, keep understanding, and keep doing better to make good on the promises of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.