Restoring America
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I want to talk to you a little bit about restoring America, because that is the question.
I've asked you all this week: Does it matter if our president is surrounded by socialists and Marxists? Yes, because that's not a restoration, that's a rebuild. You want to rebuild America? Great, we've got a guy who wants to build it in a different way. But what if you want to restore America?
If you have ever restored an old building — and I have, because I lived in Connecticut and, I have to tell you, I learned the definition of the word "quaint" means "crap." Don't ever buy a house that's quaint, because you'll have to strip it down. And if you live in an historic district, it's a pain in the neck. But when it's done, it's worth it.
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OK, so if we want to restore America, we have to figure out how did it start? What did it look like? What was the foundation?
Well, the foundation of America was stone — strong stone: faith.
Truth was the other piece of it; that's the house. Hope can only be had if there is truth. If you go to a doctor and they tell you that you have cancer, that's not real hopeful. But it's better than going to a doctor when you have cancer and the doctor says: Don't worry about it! You've got the sniffles. That's false hope.
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On faith we built a house of hope and truth.
And then, the best thing that Americans have always done, we're the best in the world at charity. We shelter each other; we take care of each other. We provide the roof over each other's house — not because the government tells us too, but because it's who we are. We want to; we help neighbors out.
So, if we're going to restore America, we need faith, hope and charity.
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