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From the Archive: Charlie on Why America is the Greatest Nation in the World

The Charlie Kirk Show

Charlie Kirk

News, Society & Culture, Politics, News Commentary

4.665.6K Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2026

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

In the speech portion of his 2022 visit to the University of Texas, Charlie explains why everyone should be grateful for the United States, what makes our country different, and why liberals are so unhappy with this country despite its greatness.

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0:00.0

My name is Charlie Kirk.

0:04.6

I run the largest pro-American student organization in the country fighting for the future of our republic.

0:11.3

My call is to fight evil and to proclaim truth.

0:14.5

If the most important thing for you is just feeling good, you're going to end up miserable.

0:19.9

But if the most important thing is doing good, you will end up purposeful. College is a scam, everybody. You got to stop sending your kids to college. You should get married as young as possible and have as many kids as possible. Go start a turning point USA College Chapter. Go start a turning point. You would say high school chapter. Go find out how your church can get involved. Sign up and become an activist.

0:39.0

I gave my life to the Lord in fifth grade.

0:41.2

Most important decision I ever made in my life, and I encourage you to do the same.

0:45.2

Here I am.

0:46.1

Lord, use me.

0:48.1

Buckle up, everybody.

0:49.5

Here we go.

0:56.1

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1:18.3

Thank you, everybody. Thank you. It's great to be here. I have to apologize in advance.

1:22.9

It was been a long day. We sat on a table there. Was anyone there today that was that we had a good time, I have to say,

1:29.6

outside of a couple people. But, no, generally, I learned a lot. You know, one of the individuals

1:35.6

there, she asked, she said, you actually go here to learn. And I, not that I've heard anything that

1:40.7

was totally new and profound, but I learned a lot at kind of where this generation is politically and philosophically. And yeah, I learned a lot of kind of about some of the major sticking points there. And I do want to thank a couple people. I want to thank the students there that were there for all two hours and we're respectful. That says a lot. Speech is important. In fact, without speech, all you have is power and brute force. And so that says a lot about you. So if you're out there and you hear that, good for you. And then I also, I can't believe I'm doing this, but I want to thank the UT administration that kind of came. It's amazing. No, you have to be honest in life, though, right? I'm not exactly a fan of college um and but they came in and

2:18.9

they yeah smart enough to make you attend okay so yeah thank you imagine imagine that right there is what someone who's about to lose very big acts like let me tell you

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