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Pete Hegseth: “Freedom is never one generation away from extinction. You…”

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The Rise and Fall of American Patriotism Pete Hegseth The Way I Heard It

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But the same goes with our own civic traditions and our own institutions and our own beliefs and our own patriotism. It has to be. I mean, Reagan said it. It's the mind we all know. But Freedom is never one generation away from extinction. You don't pass it to the next generation in the bloodstream. Has to be fought for and passed along. That is exactly right. Like what we did is we gave away in exchange for leisure, in exchange for convenience, in exchange for technology, in exchange for paying more for. (27:33–27:38)

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Asserts that freedom must be actively preserved and taught to each generation.

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