Vivek Ramaswamy

I don't think victimhood culture lifts us up. We're victors, not victims. That's who we are. But I apply that principle across the board in America that all of us, not pointing the finger at anybody else, includes looking in the mirror myself as a guy who's raising kids in this country, that I worry about, and I see how hard that is.

I want all of us to create a country where those kids still grow up in a country where excellence is the priority. In math and engineering, sure. Sports, arts, music, everything. But we are a country where we pursue excellence. We don't penalize somebody for being a striver, right? That has a negative connotation to it today. Our country was built on hard workers and strivers in whatever domain.

I want all of us to create a country where those kids still grow up in a country where excellence is the priority. In math and engineering, sure. Sports, arts, music, everything. But we are a country where we pursue excellence. We don't penalize somebody for being a striver, right? That has a negative connotation to it today. Our country was built on hard workers and strivers in whatever domain.

I want all of us to create a country where those kids still grow up in a country where excellence is the priority. In math and engineering, sure. Sports, arts, music, everything. But we are a country where we pursue excellence. We don't penalize somebody for being a striver, right? That has a negative connotation to it today. Our country was built on hard workers and strivers in whatever domain.

We also shouldn't be intimidated. Yeah, we shouldn't be intimidated.

We also shouldn't be intimidated. Yeah, we shouldn't be intimidated.

We also shouldn't be intimidated. Yeah, we shouldn't be intimidated.

And I think once we start going- We are the best. Yeah. And American exceptionalism was based on this idea of manifest destiny. It was the manifest destiny of a nation.

And I think once we start going- We are the best. Yeah. And American exceptionalism was based on this idea of manifest destiny. It was the manifest destiny of a nation.

And I think once we start going- We are the best. Yeah. And American exceptionalism was based on this idea of manifest destiny. It was the manifest destiny of a nation.

And the reason we could do that is because other countries have national identities that are different than ours. Yeah. Right? Italy or Japan, or you could go straight, great countries, love both countries, but their national identity is based on a lineage. Whether you speak the language, whether your blood stock, your stock of blood goes back five generations, that's how Italian you are.

And the reason we could do that is because other countries have national identities that are different than ours. Yeah. Right? Italy or Japan, or you could go straight, great countries, love both countries, but their national identity is based on a lineage. Whether you speak the language, whether your blood stock, your stock of blood goes back five generations, that's how Italian you are.

And the reason we could do that is because other countries have national identities that are different than ours. Yeah. Right? Italy or Japan, or you could go straight, great countries, love both countries, but their national identity is based on a lineage. Whether you speak the language, whether your blood stock, your stock of blood goes back five generations, that's how Italian you are.

Culture thousands of years old, yes. Yeah, was America... I believe... It's ideology. ...is a nation founded on a set of principles. Yes. Right? Yes, there's a beautiful geographic space and a homeland we love and hold dear, but that homeland has changed. That's how it makes you American, yeah. Right? It used to be 13 colonies. Yeah. Then you got the Louisiana Purchase. Thousand percent.

Culture thousands of years old, yes. Yeah, was America... I believe... It's ideology. ...is a nation founded on a set of principles. Yes. Right? Yes, there's a beautiful geographic space and a homeland we love and hold dear, but that homeland has changed. That's how it makes you American, yeah. Right? It used to be 13 colonies. Yeah. Then you got the Louisiana Purchase. Thousand percent.

Culture thousands of years old, yes. Yeah, was America... I believe... It's ideology. ...is a nation founded on a set of principles. Yes. Right? Yes, there's a beautiful geographic space and a homeland we love and hold dear, but that homeland has changed. That's how it makes you American, yeah. Right? It used to be 13 colonies. Yeah. Then you got the Louisiana Purchase. Thousand percent.

Then you have out west. Then you had Alaska, Hawaii. Maybe there will be more to it to be coming soon. Gangs. But it doesn't matter. The land is not the core element of America. The blood and soil is important, but it's not the essence. Yeah. The essence is what are the ideals that bind us together across those otherwise geographically diverse and expansive differences?

Then you have out west. Then you had Alaska, Hawaii. Maybe there will be more to it to be coming soon. Gangs. But it doesn't matter. The land is not the core element of America. The blood and soil is important, but it's not the essence. Yeah. The essence is what are the ideals that bind us together across those otherwise geographically diverse and expansive differences?

Then you have out west. Then you had Alaska, Hawaii. Maybe there will be more to it to be coming soon. Gangs. But it doesn't matter. The land is not the core element of America. The blood and soil is important, but it's not the essence. Yeah. The essence is what are the ideals that bind us together across those otherwise geographically diverse and expansive differences?

And to me, it's those ideals that we pursue excellence. We believe in merit, that the best person gets the job, that you can achieve the maximum of your own potential without anybody standing in your way and speak your mind at every step of the way. That's what makes America great. That's why we win. And so we have to revive that. But right now, I feel like, especially the last four years,