America once stood as a beacon to the world, the fearless demonstration of how free thinking and free speaking advanced understanding, realized the greatest potentials of our humanity, all to the benefit of the entire world. That was the ideal, the worthy goal of all our energy and endeavor, all the resources we had to draw on... Out of this came the assertion that "The United States of America is the Greatest Nation on Earth!" The post World War ll generations inherited this national belief and... Sign in to see full entry.