Americans should ask themselves what are the deeper meanings of these simple words: liberty and equality – on which our ideals are based…(they should include)…freedom from deprivation and hopelessness…equal opportunity to a job, to health care and decent housing. “By sharing these values – freedom, democracy and the alleviation of human suffering– with those who still do not know them, we exalt ourselves and we honor those early Americans from whom we inherited our country’s greatness. I pray that we will enhance the greatness of our free and noble country" Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter Philadelphia Liberty Medal acceptance speech, July 4, 1990