Creed e pluribus enum from anyone. american leadership looks to the work and just as lincoln did, sees the family of man, humanity is not a zero sum gain. when we have been at our most prosperous, we have been at our most principaled. when we do well, the rest of the world does well. these articles of civic faith have been critical to the american identity for as long as we have been alive. they re our birth right about our obligation. we must guard them and pass them on for as long as the calendar has days to betray them or to be unserious in their defense is a betrayal of the fundamental obligations of american leadership and to behave as if they don t matter is not who we are. now the efficacy of american leadership around the globe has come into question. ....