Progressive Manifesto

To steal someone else's great words, I hold these truths to be self-evident.

A great country is measured:

Not by the size of her army, but how infrequently she uses it.

Not by the riches of her wealthy, but the poverty of her poor.

Not by the greatness of her health care system, but by how many people have access to it.

Not by the masses of children that have everything, but by those who have nothing.

Not by the number of her adults who can read, but the number who can't.

Not by her power of influence on the world, but what she does with it.