"'It must also be about a new patriotism—about what it means to be a citizen,' said Sandel. 'This is the deepest chord Obama’s campaign evoked. The biggest applause line in his stump speech was the one that said every American will have a chance to go to college provided he or she performs a period of national service—in the military, in the Peace Corps or in the community. Obama’s campaign tapped a dormant civic idealism, a hunger among Americans to serve a cause greater than themselves, a yearning to be citizens again.'"
Thomas L. Friedman in The New York Times talks to political philosopher Michael Sandel about the Obama Adminstration.
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