 Mayor of New York City and business tycoon Michael Bloomberg , said that the BSA 's Scout Law required of all Boy Scouts — a Scout is trustworthy , loyal , helpful , friendly , courteous , kind , obedient , cheerful , thrifty , brave , clean , and reverent — are " all the American values ... Americans have quaintly simplistic ways and direct ways of phrasing things ... I think it 's one of the great strengths of this country . " : 116 
