We make a grave mistake when we assume this spirit of connectedness is automatic or inevitable. It is not a birthright. A united country is an enduring struggle. It takes collective work and individual sacrifice. It is not enough to call on others or wait for a leader to emerge who will exalt our national values. I believe this is the question we face, as citizens of this nation: what will we do to affirm this most critical American virtue?

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "We make a grave mistake when we assume this spirit of connectedness is automatic or inevitable. It is not a birthright. A united country is an enduring struggle. It takes collective work and individual sacrifice. It is not enough to call on others or wait for a leader to emerge who will exalt our national values. I believe this is the question we face, as citizens of this nation: what will we do to affirm this most critical American virtue?" in the context of "In Booker, Cory (2017), United: Thoughts on Finding Common Ground and Advancing the Common Good, publisher: Random House Publishing Group, ISBN: 978-1-101-96518-4, as quoted in Yanklowitz, Rabbi Shmuly (March 3, 2016), Standing Together In the Era of National Division: Review of United by Cory Booker, publisher: The Huffington Post, retrieved: 21 August 2018" to mean that wisdom is timeless.