This is interesting, because while many people took the original question to mean what makes you proud to be (whatever), I took it to mean something else. Maybe my post would be easier to understand if I put it this way:

I can't feel proud of the contribution I make as a citizen of the country in which I live, unless I live up to the words that I put in my first post to this thread, which I interpret to mean the following: I have a responsibility as a citizen of this country to do my best to try to make it the best it can be. If I do live up to those words to the best of my ability, I can feel good about my efforts and about my contribution.