Posted AT 12:48 AM EDT on 05/01/08
In America, it's all about hope
Americans breathe hope.
The idea that tomorrow will be, or ought to be, better than today anchors the national dream in a country that profoundly believes itself to have been chosen to lead, as a light unto the world.
It matters not what others think about this defining mythology — Americans believe it.
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