I am proud to be an American because we are the most free country on earth. I know I don't have to bow to any man and I can worship my God in the way and in the place of my choice. I can be a Methodist and go to service or I can be Catholic and go to mass on Sundays, I could even be Jewish and go to the synagogue on Saturday. Every …showed first 75 words of 718 total…

…showed last 75 words of 718 total…being a man of your word means more than having an aristocratic name, I can be a lawyer, a farmer or a newspaper reporter and succeed or fail on my own merits. I'm proud to be an American because of all the great men and women who contributed in their own ways to making this country a beacon for the ages. no country in the history of mankind has been so generous with its wealth.