MUST WATCH: Vivek Ramaswamy vows to defend the rights of those who disagree with him and the GOP

The billionaire and former presidential candidate reminded people that those ideals were what helped the United States overcome its biggest struggles, and noted that he believed they were key to guaranteeing success in the future.

"Our message to Gen Z is this," Ramaswamy declared. "You're gonna be the generation that actually saves this country. You wanna be a rebel? You wanna be a hippie? You wanna stick it to the man? Show up on your college campus and try calling yourself a conservative. Say you wanna get married, have kids, teach them to believe in God, pledge allegiance to their country, because you know what? Fear has been infectious in this country, but courage can be contagious, too."

"If you're at home, and you disagree with everything I just said," he continued, "our message to you is this: We will still defend to the death your right to say it, because that's who we are as Americans. We are the country where we can disagree like hell and still get together at the dinner table at the end of it. That is the America I know. That is the America we miss."

"We do not have to be ancient Rome," Ramaswamy continued. "We don't have to be this nation in decline. We can still be a nation in our ascent, a nation whose best days–not some fake politician way, but in a true way–are actually still ahead of us, still on our way to that shining city on a hill, that country where no matter who you are, or where your parents came from, or what your skin color is, or how long your last name is, that you will still get ahead in this country with your own hard work, your own committment, your own dedication, and that you know you are free to speak your mind at every step of the way."

He emphasized that this is the American dream, and that holding to those ideals is "what reunited us after the Civil War, that is what won us two World Wars and the Cold War, that is what still gives hope to the free world."

"If we can revive that dream over group identity and victimhood and grievance," Ramaswamy concluded, "then nobody in the world ... is gonna defeat us."