I do not choose to be a common man. It is my right to be uncommon…if I can.
I seek opportunity, not security. I do not wish to be a kept citizen, humble and dulled by having the state looking after me.
I want to take calculated risk; to dream and to build, to fail and to succeed.
I refuse to barter incentive for a dole. I prefer the challenges of life to the guaranteed existence: the thrill of fulfillment to the stale calm of utopia.
I will not trade freedom for beneficence nor my dignity for a handout.
I will never cower before any master; nor bend to any threat.
It is my heritage to stand erect; proud and unafraid, to think and act for myself, to enjoy the benefits of my creation, and to face the world boldly and say, "This I have done".
All this is what is means to be an American.
From the Karate International student handbook
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