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I Believe In Ancient Rome
Great “power” over the world. A large empire that is led by a free system. A power of culture and language. A large dedicated military to protect its citizen and it’s territory. This isn’t the United States. This is Ancient Rome. Rome may have fell, but America can learn from those mistakes. The America I believe in is a country full of achievers and innovators. If someone tells the United States has already had their peak, tell them to hold on tight and wait. America is full of people building and designing our future. I am the next worker, achiever, and innovator for this country. I see America as the immense community I was born and raised in.
Now I can be apart of it. I believe in the America that immigrants behold when they walk into

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