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enter into or we're in the middle of the 250th anniversary of the country that we return to those

righteous roots that made us great in the first place. We have to understand the foundation.

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This is Tim Barton from Wall Builders with another moment from American history.

America is a special and unique nation.

The average length for a constitution in other countries is only 17 years.

But we've had ours for over two centuries.

And our 4% of the world's population produces 24% of the world's gross domestic product, and every year we produce more

inventions and technology than the other 96% of the world combined.

In 1831, Alexei de Tocqueville of France came to America, traveled the country, and in his

famous book, Democracy in America, reported,

the position of the Americans is therefore quite exceptional, and it may be believed that no

democratic people will ever be placed in a similar one.

This is the origin of the phrase American exceptionalism, and affirms that America is unique

because of the distinctive ideas on which we have been based, including inalienable rights,

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