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Barack Obama
"It
took a lot of blood, sweat and tears to get to where we are
today, but we have just begun. Today we begin in earnest the
work of making sure that the world we leave our children is
just a little bit better than the one we inhabit today"
And More:
"A good compromise, a good piece of
legislation, is
like a good sentence; or a good piece of music. Everybody
can recognize it. They say, 'Huh. It works. It makes
sense.'"
"Americans...
still believe in an America where anything's possible - they
just don't think their leaders do."
"Change will not come if we wait for some
other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been
waiting for. We are the change that we seek."
"Focusing your life solely on making a
buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little
of yourself. Because it's only when you hitch your wagon to
something larger than yourself that you realize your true
potential."
"If you're walking down the right path
and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make
progress."
"My parents shared not only an improbable
love, they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of
this nation. They would give me an African name, Barack, or
blessed, believing that in a tolerant America your name is
no barrier to success."
"There are patriots who opposed the war
in Iraq and there are patriots who supported the war in
Iraq. We are one people, all of us pledging allegiance to
the stars and stripes, all of us defending the United States
of America."
"Tonight,
we gather to affirm the greatness of our nation - not
because of the height of our skyscrapers, or the power of
our military, or the size of our economy. Our pride is based
on a very simple premise, summed up in a declaration made
over two hundred years ago."
"Today we are engaged in a deadly global
struggle for those who would intimidate, torture, and murder
people for exercising the most basic freedoms. If we are to
win this struggle and spread those freedoms, we must keep
our own moral compass pointed in a true direction."
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