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As Americans celebrate our great nation’s independence, let’s reaffirm the fundamental values that built this republic into the most prosperous economy in history: freedom and free enterprise, liberty and limited government, the rule of law and private property, free-market competition and individual incentives.

And at their core, perhaps the most important sentence in all of history: “We are endowed by our creator with the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”

Plenty of nations endure, but what sets American exceptionalism apart has been a single instinct: to build.

Americans invent, take risks and innovate — and we do it because it’s who we are.

America recognizes and rewards that entrepreneurial spirit.

We’ve never been afraid to build something new — even if it displaces what came before — because the fruits of risk carry the whole country forward.

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