When I was a kid my dad always told me that the greatest thing I could do in the world was stand up for the little guy. “Not everyone has the same resources, skills, or upbringing, but it doesn’t make them less!” My wife’s family has an honor that they live by, “You are not better than anyone but no one is better than you.” Those twin ideals married well. I believe these dual values are American values. I think these values are human values. I ask myself daily, “am I living these values?” “Is America living up to these values?”