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First Principles: We Can Find Meaning and Reward By Serving Some Higher Purpose Than Ourselves

“We can find meaning and reward by serving some higher purpose than ourselves, a shining purpose, the illumination of a Thousand Points of Light…We all have something to give. – George H.W. Bush

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First Principles: Let All Americans Remember That No Problem of Human Making Is Too Great To Be Overcome By Human Ingenuity, Human Energy, and the Untiring Hope of the Human Spirit

“(L)et all Americans remember that no problem of human making is too great to be overcome by human ingenuity, human energy, and the untiring hope of the human spirit.” – George H.W. Bush, First State of the Union Address (1989)

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First Principles: Think About Every Problem, Every Challenge We Face. The Solution To Each Starts With Education

“Think about every problem, every challenge, we face. The solution to each starts with education.” -George H.W. Bush

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First Principles: Immigration Is Not Just A Link To America’s Past; It’s Also a Bridge To America’s Future

“Nearly all Americans have ancestors who braved the oceans-liberty-loving risk takers in search of an ideal-the largest voluntary migrations in recorded history. Across the Pacific, across the Atlantic, they came from every point on the compass-many passing beneath the Statue … Continue reading

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