Juan Williams on Being an American

0:04 [Music] what do I love about being an American it’s hard to it’s it’s hard to capture in one phrase or word but without a doubt I think it’s the promise that there is liberty for me and for my [Music] children there is

0:26 unlimited sense of possibility there is is no restraint in terms of my ability to speak out or to write I think I really love the idea that a kid who grows up in poverty like me doesn’t have to buy into the idea that you can’t make it or this is not your country I’m a

0:47 free individual uh able to express the thoughts of my conscience and my heart and able to gather with my fellow Americans uh at times to even express opposition I to what the government is doing this is something that is such a gift uh to me as an American I think

1:08 it’s extraordinary but there’s something else that I think is also essential for for us as Americans even when we are at peace and which is Our obligation and maybe that’s a little strong but I feel it in my heart an obligation to speak and to act in such a way as to keep America the land of the

1:29 free and home of the brave to to maintain our Liberty