While also every young man or woman who wants to become a welder or a mechanic or an electrician also has a path to the American dream. That is what a true meritocracy is about. And This nation was built on the idea of a meritocracy. A nation that recognized that every one of us, that every one of you, that every one of our kids has your own unique, God given gift distinct from every other person in the world. (32:05–32:10)
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Asserts that the United States was founded on the principle of meritocracy.
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