Duh.

Excerpt of President Reagan's formal goodbye from the Oval Office

The past few days when I've been at that window upstairs, I've thought a bit of the "shining city upon a hill." The phrase comes from John Winthrop, who wrote it to describe the America he imagined. What he imagined was important because he was an early Pilgrim, an early freedom man. He journeyed here on what today we'd call a little wooden boat; and like the other Pilgrims, he was looking for a home that would be free.

(this is one of my favorite parts)

http://www.reaganlibrary.com/reagan/speeches/farewell.asp

This is a profound and meaningful clipping. I will keep this in mind. I find myself an island these days in a political sense. I have refused to follow my party down the path of defeat in Iraq, hate toward America, and support for the most dictatorial presidential candidate in history. This clipping makes me feel good that I have not sold out. I think America is the greatest Country in the history of Earth. I firmly believe that practically every progress made in the world resulted from what happened on July 3rd 1776. Happy 4th and Happy _Independence_ day.