In America, with education and hard work, it really does not matter where you came from; it matters only where you are going.
Today's headlines and history's judgment are rarely the same. If you are too attentive to the former, you will most certainly not do the hard work of securing the latter.
The best armor against everything around you is to be well educated, to work hard, to be twice as good as if you had to be, to do languages and culture better.
I believe our Presidents work hard and it's the loneliest job in the world.
