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John --
This July 4th, let’s remember and honor what our founding fathers were striving for: freedom from tyranny and dictatorship. Our founding fathers recognized something that still carries on today: Democracy works.
Almost 250 years since our founding, we find ourselves once again in a battle over the preservation of democracy.
Democracy ensures freedom; dictatorship ensures its loss .
Democracy inhibits corruption; dictatorship enables corruption.
Democracy deters abuse of power; dictatorship facilitates abuse of power.
Democracy is constantly tested, but remember: Democracy works! Democracy worked when Lincoln preserved the Union and freed the slaves. Time and again, democracy has made America recognize our wrongs so that we could right those wrongs and strive to be a more perfect union. Democracy worked when America led the way in defeating Adolf Hitler and fascism in World War II. It worked when democracy triumphed over communism with the fall of the USSR. And democracy brought Americans from all walks of life together after 9/11, and inspired a recent graduate of Illinois State University, who was trying to find his way in the world, to serve his Country and enlist in the United States Air Force.
I know that at times the preservation of democracy feels fragile, but I have faith in the American people to ultimately do what’s right because democracy works! Thank you for all that you do in our shared mission of putting Country First. May you have a Happy Independence Day.
Country First,
Adam
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