"Now, there are some who question the scale of our ambitions - who suggest that our system cannot tolerate too many big plans. Their memories are short. For they have forgotten what this country has already done; what free men and women can achieve when imagination is joined to common purpose, and necessity to courage."
"that noble idea, passed on from generation to generation: the God-given promise that all are equal, all are free, and all deserve a chance to pursue their full measure of happiness."
"Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America."
"What the cynics fail to understand is that the ground has shifted beneath them - that the stale political arguments that have consumed us for so long no longer apply. The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether it works..."
".....because only then can we restore the vital trust between a people and their government."
"For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness."
"..because they embody the spirit of service; a willingness to find meaning in something greater than themselves. And yet, at this moment - a moment that will define a generation.....................
.....it is precisely this spirit that must inhabit us all."
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This was an excellent speech and moved me beyond words. My hope for our nation has started to overtake my fear.
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