The America I Believe In

A "This I Believe" Essay

By: Colin Powell, Jay Allison - editor, Dan Gediman - editor

Narrated by: Colin Powell

Former Secretary of State, and first generation American, Colin Powell explains the importance of remaining an open and welcoming nation for NPR's This I Believe series.

This I Believe is a National Public Radio program that features Americans, from the famous to the unknown, completing the thought that begins with the series title. The pieces that make up the program compel listeners to re-think not only what and how they have arrived at their own personal beliefs, but also the extent to which they share them with others.

Featuring a star-studded list of contributors that includes John McCain, Isabel Allende, and Colin Powell, as well as pieces from the original 1950's series including Helen Keller and Jackie Robinson, the This I Believe book collection also contains essays by a Brooklyn lawyer, a woman who sells yellow pages advertising in Fort Worth, TX and a man who serves on the state of Rhode Island's parole board. The result is a stirring, funny and always provocative trip inside the minds and hearts of a diverse group of Americans whose beliefs, and the incredibly varied ways in which they choose to express them, reveal the American spirit at its best.

This short audio essay is an excerpt from the audiobook edition of NPR's This I Believe anthology.

©2006 This I Believe Inc.; (P)2006 This I Believe Inc., Audio Renaissance, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishers LLC

Four minutes to freedom

This is four minutes of a great man, who says in a very concise way what this great country is all about.
I’ve only purchased the books that the general narrates himself. He just has this way of telling a story.
This is one of the essays that came from a previously published book from NPR from famous people , and the general was one essay.
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great book

awesome history
sharing.i enjoyed it very much thank you Colin Powell for your time aloha
and mahalo.

EXTREMELY SHORT

It just got started, then it was over. it was very disappointing , although the little I heard was good