And see that the merits of self-examination that you have been reaping since so long have brought so much of prosperity, peace, safety and security to today's world!!
1861-1865: U.S. outlaws slavery.
1868: 14th Amendment puts equal rights on books, allows incorporation
1869: Intercontinental railroad completed
1871: Treaty of Washington: U.S. & Canada settle differences, expand trade
1876: National Baseball League founded, telephone invented
1879: Edison invents electric light bulb - after hundreds of attempts
1886: American Federation of Labor founded
1903: Wright Brothers invent airplane, Ford Motor Co. formed
1890-1914: Monopolistic trusts busted
1917: U.S. goes to war to "make world safe for democracy" and helps dismantle the Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman Empires
1919: Women get the vote
1927: American makes first transatlantic flight
1930s-1940s: U.S. supports decolonization of India
1933-40: New Deal employs hundreds of thousands to build infrastructure
1935: Social Security
1944: World Bank and International Monetary Fund founded to aid worldwide economic development
1945: Victory of Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan, millions liberated
1948: U.S., bucking the opinion of its Arab friends, recognizes Israel as rightful national home of the Jews; military aid consists of one army officer
1952-59: Marshall Plan rebuilds Europe
1953: NATO founded
1954-65: Desegregation and voting rights acts
1956: Interstate highway act, Elvis becomes a star
1965: Medicaid
1969: Surpassing USSR's lead, U.S. lands on moon
1975: U.S.-U.S.S.R. joint space mission
1977: Foreign corrupt practices act
1978: First Apple computer
1989: Collapse of the Soviet Empire
1991: U.S. kicks Saddam out of Kuwait
1990s: U.S. open markets and seignorage fuels global economic expansion
2003-2008: Liberation of Iraq
Yes, indeed. The U.S. has done a great deal. There has never before been an entity like the U.S. that combines so much power with so much pity, opportunity, and generosity - and so willing to look at itself when things go wrong. But the U.S. is not an imperial power, and does not make the choices for other nations; in 1990, the U.S. would not fly troops into Saudi Arabia without the King's permission, even though it had the means to defy its ally if it wished.
The U.S. can aid Pakistan, but it is charity, not a duty: and the corruption of your governing institutions from the local to national level is something many of you have experienced or witnessed first-hand. So although we can attach a few strings here and there, if you really want things to change for the better in Pakistan, you're going to have to take the initiative yourselves.
Perhaps you should take a cue from your Chinese friends, and consider the advice of Confucius:
To put the world right in order, we must first put the nation in order;
To put the nation in order, we must first put the family in order;
To put the family in order, we must first cultivate our personal life;
To cultivate our personal life, we must first set our hearts right.
When things are investigated, then true knowledge is achieved;
When true knowledge is achieved, then the will becomes sincere;
When the will is sincere, then the heart is set right;
When the heart is set right, then the personal life is cultivated;
When the personal life is cultivated, then the family life is regulated;
When the family life is regulated, then the national life is orderly;
And when the national life is orderly, then there is peace in the world.
