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  American Attitude, Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better

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This Gap Commercial shows the true nature of Americans, while singing to the song, Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better. I believe that Americans do not take anything lieing down, we will fight till the end. However, that is not always a good thing.

As Americans we take on the challange, no matter if its conquering race, gender, age or any other differences. We have not solved all our problems but I believe that we will keep trying.

**Theodore Roosevelt** It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. In this life we get nothing save by effort. **John F. Kennedy** Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.

**Richard M. Nixon** A man is not finished when he's defeated; he's finished when he quits. **Harry S. Truman** America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination, and unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.

This picture is of two women who were part of the National American Women Suffrage Association. Women won the right to vote in Washington State, 1910, it was nine years before the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution extended the vote to all the nation's women.

"The day will come when men will recognize woman as his peer, not only at the fireside, but in councils of the nation. Then, and not until then, will there be the perfect comradeship, the ideal union between the sexes that shall result in the highest development of the race."  —**Susan B. Anthony**

"We ask justice, we ask equality, we ask that all the civil and political rights that belong to citizens of the United States, be guaranteed to us and our daughters forever." "There never will be complete equality until women themselves help to make laws and elect lawmakers." "We've chosen the path to equality, don't let them turn us around." //(The first woman to be nominated as Vice President of the United States)//
 * —Susan B. Anthony, Declaration of Rights for Women, July 1876**
 * —Susan B. Anthony**
 * —Geraldine Ferraro**

"Something which we think is impossible now is not impossible in another decade." — **Constance Baker Motley** //(First Black Woman in the U.S. to become a Federal Judge)//



**"First, I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth." -J.F.K. address to congress "Man on Moon Address" May 25, 1961.**

"That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind." Neil Armstrong July 21, 1969

media type="youtube" key="PbUtL_0vAJk&hl=en" height="355" width="425" "I have a Dream"-M.L.K.

President Lydon B. Johnson's Radio and Television Remarks on Civil Rights Bill, July 2, 1964.

"I am about to sign inot law the Civil Rights Act of 1964. I want to take this occasion to talk to you about what that law means to every American. Today in far corners of distant continents, the ideals of those american patriots wtill shape the struggles of men who hunger for freedom. this is a proud triumph. Americans of every race and color have died in battle to protect our freedom. Americans of every race and color have worked to build a natiion of widening opportunities. Now our generation of Americans has been called on to continue the unending search for justice within our own borders. We believe that all men have certain unalienable rights. yet many Americans do not enjoy those rights. We believe that all men are entitled to the blessings of liberty. yet millions are being deprived of those blessings- not because of their oun failures, but because of the color of their skin. The purpose of the law is simple. It does not restrict the freedom of any American, so long as he respects the rights of others."

Quotes from The Old Man and the Sea "But a man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated." Page 103 "In its last moments of life, the marlin looks majestic. The old man appreciates the fish's greatness and majesty."



American Attitude Reflection