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Governor Bobby Jindal of Louisiana, a much-talked-about 2016 presidential candidate, offers fourteen lessons from our nation's past and discusses how they can be used to restore American courage, faith, and wisdom.Nearly forty-five years ago, Bobby Jindal's parents left their home in rural India - a place with no electricity or running water - to build a new life in the United States. Every day, Jindal's father told him, "You should be grateful that you were blessed to be born in the greatest country in the history of the world" - a country where the son of poor immigrants could grow up to become the governor of Louisiana. For Jindal, this defining experience bolsters a profound belief in American exceptionalism: Freedom is not just the American way, it's the American will.