Abraham Lincoln once said, “America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.” America is able to succeed despite being an “improbable idea” because of an innate characteristic of patriotism in each and every American citizen that is especially displayed in times of great trial. Even though there are people who live in America but don’t act very patriotic, times of disaster on a national scale are able to bring out a sense of unity and pride in each citizen. In A Quilt of a Country: Out of Many, One?, Anna Quindlen says the citizens of America “when [faced with] enormous tragedy” are almost forced to “[reflect on their] enormous blessings,” (2). This uses logos
