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diff --git a/28000-8.txt b/28000-8.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..fefaac7 --- /dev/null +++ b/28000-8.txt @@ -0,0 +1,1358 @@ +The Project Gutenberg eBook of Inaugural Presidential Address, by Barack +Hussein Obama + + +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with +almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + + +Title: Inaugural Presidential Address + Contributed Transcripts + +Author: Barack Hussein Obama + + +Release Date: January 20, 2009 [eBook #28000] +[Most recently updated: April 29, 2009] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 + + +***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK INAUGURAL PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS*** + +Several different version of Barack Hussein Obama's Inaugural +Address, as transcribed. Please see our eBook #28001 for the +official White House version of the text. + + +Version 1: As transcribed by a team of Project Gutenberg volunteers + +The following 2445 words comprise Barack Hussein Obama's +Inaugural Presidential Address given from noon to 12:15 P.M., +January 20, 2009. + +[Capitals represent emphasis, extra commas represent pauses, +long pauses are represented by ellipses (. . .).] + +This was typed by a team of volunteers, as the address was given, +and put through several proofreadings for accuracy. + + + +Barack Obama's Inaugural Address + +This is Michael Hart's transcription of President Obama's Inaugural Speech. + +It was typed my hand on a new computer, so there may be more errors than +I would have liked if my old one hadn't died last night. + +We will be combining this with other versions that will be coming in and +a few references to the official version, but we will stick to what was +said as opposed to the official script. My paragraphs will not always +be the same length, punctuation not always the same, etc. + +Michael S. Hart +Founder +Project Gutenberg + +/// + + +My fellow Americans, I stand before you today, humbled by the task before us, +grateful for the trust bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices born by our +ancestors. + +I thank President Bush for his service to our nation [applause pause], as +well as the generosity and cooperation he has shown throughout this +transition. + +44 Americans have now taken the presidential oath. Words have been spoken +during rising tides of prosperity, and the still waters of peace. Yet every +so often the oath is taken amidst gathering clouds, and raging storms. + +At these moments, America has carried on, not simply because of the vision or +skill of those in high office, but because we, the people, have remained +faithful to the ideals of our forebears, and true to our founding documents. +So it has been, so it must be with THIS generation of Americans. + +That we are in the midst of crisis is now well understood. + +Our nation is at war with a far reaching network of violence and hatred. + +Our economy is badly weakened, a consequence of greed and irresponsibility on +the part of some, but also our collective failure to make hard choices, and +prepare the nation for a new age. Homes have been lost, jobs shed, +businesses shuttered/shattered???, our health care is too costly, our schools +fail too many, and each day brings brings new evidence that the way we use +energy strengthens our adversaries and threatens our planet. + +These are the indicators of crisis, subject to data and statistics. +Less measurable, but no less profound is the sapping of confidence across our +land, a nagging fear that America's decline is inevitable, that the next +generation must lower its sights. + +Today I say to you that the challenges we face are real. They are serious +and they are many. They will not be met easily or in a short span of time, +but know this America, THEY WILL BE MET! [applause pause] + +On this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity of +purpose over conflict and discord. On this day, we come to proclaim an end +to the petty grievances and false promises, the recriminations, and worn out +dogmas that for far too long have strangles our politics. + +We remain a young nation, but in the words of scripture, the time has come to +set aside childish things. + +The time has come to reaffirm our enduring spirit, to choose our better +history, to carry forward that precious gift, 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. + +[longer pause for applause] + +In reaffirming the greatness of our nation, we understand that greatness is +never a given. + +It must be earned. + +Our journey has never been one of shortcuts or settling for less. + +It has not been the path for the faint hearted, for those who prefer leisure +over work, or seek only the pleasures of riches and fame, rather it has been +the risk takers, the doers, the makers of things, some celebrated, but more +often men and women obscure in their labor, who have carried us up the long +rugged path towards prosperity and freedom. + +For us, they packed up their few worldly possessions and travelled across +oceans in search of a new life. + +For us, they toiled in sweatshops, and settled the West, endured the lash of +the whip, and plowed the hard earth. + +For us, they fought, and died, in places like Concord, and Gettysburg, +Normandy, and Khe Sahn. + +Time and again, these men and women struggled and sacrificed until their +hands were raw, so that we might live a better life. + +They saw America as bigger than the sum of our individual ambitions, greater +than all the differences of birth, or wealth, or faction. + +THIS is the journey we continue today. + +We remain the most prosperous powerful nation on Earth. + +Our workers are no less productive than when this crisis began. + +Our minds are no less inventive. + +Our goods and services no less needed than they were last week, or last +month, or last year. + +Our capacity remains undiminished, but our time of standing pat, of +protecting narrow interests and putting off unpleasant decisions. . .that +time has surely passed. + +Starting TODAY, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin +again the work of remaking America. . . + +[long applause pause] + + +. . .for everywhere we look there is work to be done. + +The state of our economy calls for action, bold and swift, and we will act, +not only to create new jobs, but to lay new foundations for growth. We will +build the roads and bridges, the electric grids and digital lines that feed +our commerce and bind us together. + +We will restore science to its rightful place, and wield technology's wonders +to raise health care's quality and lower its cost. + +We will harness the sun and the winds and the soil to fuel our cars and run +our factories, and we will transform our schools and colleges and +universities to meet the demands of a new age. + +All this we can do. + +All this we WILL do. + +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. + +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 to day is not whether our government is too big or too +small, but whether it works, whether it helps families find jobs at a decent +wage, care they can afford, a retirement that is dignified. Where the answer +is YES, we intend to move forward, where the answer is NO, programs will end, +and those of us who manage the public's dollars will be held to account, to +spend wisely, reform bad habits, and do our business in the light of day, +because only then can we restore the vital trust between a people and their +government. + +Nor is the question before us whether the market is a force for good or ill. + +Its power to generate wealth and expand freedom is unmatched, but this crisis +has reminded us that without a watchful eye, the market can spin out of +control, the nation cannot prosper long when it favors only the prosperous. + +The success of our economy has always depended, not just on the size of our +gross domestic product, but on the reach of our prosperity, on our ability to +extend opportunity to every willing heart, not out of charity, but because it +is the surest route to our common good. + +[long applause pause] + +As for our common defense, we reject as false the choice between our safety +and our ideals. + +Our founding fathers [pause for applause]. . . . + +Our founding fathers, faced with perils we can scarcely imagine, drafted a +charter to assure the rule of law and the rights of man, a charter expanded +by the blood of generations. Those ideals still light the world, and we will +not give them up for expedients' sake. . . + +[applause pause] + +. . .and so, to all the other peoples and governments who are watching today, +from the grandest capitols, to the small village where my father was born, +know that America is a friend of each nation, and every man, woman, and +child, who seeks a future of peace and dignity, and we are ready to lead once +more. + +[long pause for applause] + +Recall that earlier generations faced down fascism and communism, not just +with missiles and tanks, but with the sturdy alliances and enduring +convictions. + +They understood that our power alone cannot protect us, nor does it entitle +us to do as we please. Instead, they knew that our power grows through its +prudent use, our security emanates from the justness of our cause, the force +of our example, the tempering qualities of humility and restraint. + +We are the keepers of this legacy. + +Guided by these principles once more, we can meet those new threats that +demand even greater effort, even greater cooperation and understanding +between nations. + +We will begin to responsibly leave Iraq to is people, and forge a hard earned +peace in Afghanistan. + +With old friends and former foes we will work tirelessly to lessen the +nuclear threat, and roll back the specter of a warming planet. + +We will not apologize for our way of life, nor will we waver in its defense, +and for those who seek to advance their aims by inducing terror and +slaughtering innocents, we say to you now, that our spirit is stronger, +and cannot be broken. + +You cannot outlast us, and we will defeat you! + +[long pause for applause] + +For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness. + +We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus, and +non-believers. We are shaped by every language and culture, drawn from every +end of this Earth, and because we have tasted the bitter swill of civil war +and segregation, and emerged from that dark chapter stronger, and more +united, we cannot help but believe that the old hatreds shall someday pass, +that the lines of tribe shall soon dissolve, that as the world grows smaller, +our common humanity shall reveal itself, and that America must play its role +in ushering in a new era of peace. + +To the Muslim world, we seek a new way forward, based on mutual interest and +mutual respect. + +To those leaders around the globe who seek to sow conflict, or blame their +societies' ills on the West, know that your people will judge you on what you +can build, not what you destroy. + +[pause for applause] + +To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit, and the silencing +of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history, but that we will +extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist. + +[pause for applause] + +To the people of poor nations, we pledge to work alongside you to make your +farms flourish and let clean waters flow, to nourish starved bodies, and feed +hungry minds, and to those nations like ours that enjoy relative plenty, we +say we can no longer afford indifference to the suffering outside our +borders, nor can we consume the world's resources without regard to effect. + +For the world has changed, and we much change with it. + +As we consider the road that unfolds before us, we remember with humble +gratitude those brave Americans who, at this very hour, patrol far off +deserts and distant mountains. They have something to tell us, just as the +fallen heroes who lie in Arlington whisper through the ages. We honor them, +not only because they are the guardians of our liberty, but 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. + +For as a government can do, and must do, it us ultimately the faith and +determination of the American people upon which this nation relies. It is +the kindness to take in a stranger when the levees break, the selflessness of +workers who would rather cut their hours than see a friend lose their job, +which sees us through our darkest hours. It is the firefighters' courage to +storm a stairway filled with smoke, but also a parent's willingness to +nurture a child, that finally decides our fate. + +Our challenges may be new, the instruments with which we meet them may be +new, but those values upon which our success depends, honesty, and hard work, +courage and fair play, tolerance and curiosity, loyalty and patriotism, these +things are old, these things are true. They have been the quiet force of +progress throughout our history. + +What is demanded then, is a return to these truths. + +What is required of us now, is a new era of responsibility, a recognition on +the part of every American, that we have duties to ourselves, our nation, and +the world, duties that we do not grudgingly accept, but rather seize gladly, +firm in the knowledge that there is nothing so satisfying to the spirit, so +defining of our character, than giving our all to a difficult task. + +This is the price and the promise of citizenship. + +This is the source of our confidence, the knowledge that God calls on us to +shape an uncertain destiny. + +This is the meaning of our liberty and our creed, why men and women and +children of every race and every faith can join in celebration across this +magnificent mall, and why a man whose father, less than 60 years ago, might +not have been served at a local restaurant can now stand before you to take a +most sacred oath. + +[long pause for applause] + +So let us mark this day with remembrance, of who we are, and how far we have +traveled. In the year of America's birth, in the coldest of months, a small +band of patriots huddled by dying campfires on the shores of an icy river. + +The capitol was abandoned, the enemy was advancing, the snow was stained with +blood. At a moment when the outcome of our revolution was most in doubt, the +father of our nation ordered these words be read to the people: + +"Let it be told to the future world, that in the depth of winter, when +nothing but hope and virtue could survive, that the city and the country, +alarmed at one common danger, came forth to meet it." + +America, in the face of our common dangers, in this winter of our hardship, +let us remember these timeless words. With hope and virtue, let us brave +once more the icy currents, and endure what storms may come. Let it be said +by our children's children, that when we were tested, we refused to let this +journey end, that we did not turn back, nor did we falter, and with eyes +fixed on the horizon and God's grace upon us, we carried forth that great +gift of freedom and delivered it safely to future generations. + +Thank you, God bless you, and God bless the United States of America. + + + +Version 2: As transcribed by a major news organization + +PRESIDENT BARACK Thank you. Thank you. + +CROWD: Obama! Obama! Obama! Obama! + +My fellow citizens: I stand here today humbled by the task before us, +grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices +borne by our ancestors. + +I thank President Bush for his service to our nation... + +(APPLAUSE) + +... as well as the generosity and cooperation he has shown throughout +this transition. + +Forty-four Americans have now taken the presidential oath. + +The words have been spoken during rising tides of prosperity and the +still waters of peace. Yet, every so often the oath is taken amidst +gathering clouds and raging storms. At these moments, America has +carried on not simply because of the skill or vision of those in high +office, but because We the People have remained faithful to the ideals +of our forbearers, and true to our founding documents. + +So it has been. So it must be with this generation of Americans. + +That we are in the midst of crisis is now well understood. Our nation is +at war against a far-reaching network of violence and hatred. Our +economy is badly weakened, a consequence of greed and irresponsibility +on the part of some but also our collective failure to make hard choices +and prepare the nation for a new age. + +Homes have been lost, jobs shed, businesses shuttered. Our health care +is too costly, our schools fail too many, and each day brings further +evidence that the ways we use energy strengthen our adversaries and +threaten our planet. + +These are the indicators of crisis, subject to data and statistics. Less +measurable, but no less profound, is a sapping of confidence across our +land; a nagging fear that America's decline is inevitable, that the next +generation must lower its sights. + +Today I say to you that the challenges we face are real, they are +serious and they are many. They will not be met easily or in a short +span of time. But know this America: They will be met. + +(APPLAUSE) + +On this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity of +purpose over conflict and discord. + +On this day, we come to proclaim an end to the petty grievances and +false promises, the recriminations and worn-out dogmas that for far too +long have strangled our politics. + +We remain a young nation, but in the words of Scripture, the time has +come to set aside childish things. The time has come to reaffirm our +enduring spirit; to choose our better history; to carry forward that +precious gift, 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. + +(APPLAUSE) + +In reaffirming the greatness of our nation, we understand that greatness +is never a given. It must be earned. Our journey has never been one of +shortcuts or settling for less. + +It has not been the path for the faint-hearted, for those who prefer +leisure over work, or seek only the pleasures of riches and fame. + +Rather, it has been the risk-takers, the doers, the makers of things -- +some celebrated, but more often men and women obscure in their labor -- +who have carried us up the long, rugged path towards prosperity and +freedom. + +For us, they packed up their few worldly possessions and traveled across +oceans in search of a new life. For us, they toiled in sweatshops and +settled the West, endured the lash of the whip and plowed the hard +earth. + +For us, they fought and died in places Concord and Gettysburg; Normandy +and Khe Sahn. + +Time and again these men and women struggled and sacrificed and worked +till their hands were raw so that we might live a better life. They saw +America as bigger than the sum of our individual ambitions; greater than +all the differences of birth or wealth or faction. + +This is the journey we continue today. We remain the most prosperous, +powerful nation on Earth. Our workers are no less productive than when +this crisis began. Our minds are no less inventive, our goods and +services no less needed than they were last week or last month or last +year. Our capacity remains undiminished. But our time of standing pat, +of protecting narrow interests and putting off unpleasant decisions -- +that time has surely passed. + +Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin +again the work of remaking America. + +(APPLAUSE) + +For everywhere we look, there is work to be done. + +The state of our economy calls for action: bold and swift. And we will +act not only to create new jobs but to lay a new foundation for growth. + +We will build the roads and bridges, the electric grids and digital +lines that feed our commerce and bind us together. + +We will restore science to its rightful place and wield technology's +wonders to raise health care's quality... + +(APPLAUSE) + +... and lower its costs. + +We will harness the sun and the winds and the soil to fuel our cars and +run our factories. And we will transform our schools and colleges and +universities to meet the demands of a new age. + +All this we can do. All this we will do. + +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. + +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. + +MR. The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big +or too small, but whether it works, whether it helps families find jobs +at a decent wage, care they can afford, a retirement that is dignified. + +Where the answer is yes, we intend to move forward. Where the answer is +no, programs will end. + +And those of us who manage the public's knowledge will be held to +account, to spend wisely, reform bad habits, and do our business in the +light of day, because only then can we restore the vital trust between a +people and their government. + +Nor is the question before us whether the market is a force for good or +ill. Its power to generate wealth and expand freedom is unmatched. + +But this crisis has reminded us that without a watchful eye, the market +can spin out of control. The nation cannot prosper long when it favors +only the prosperous. + +The success of our economy has always depended not just on the size of +our gross domestic product, but on the reach of our prosperity; on the +ability to extend opportunity to every willing heart -- not out of +charity, but because it is the surest route to our common good. + +(APPLAUSE) + +As for our common defense, we reject as false the choice between our +safety and our ideals. + +Our founding fathers faced with perils that we can scarcely imagine, +drafted a charter to assure the rule of law and the rights of man, a +charter expanded by the blood of generations. + +Those ideals still light the world, and we will not give them up for +expedience's sake. + +And so, to all other peoples and governments who are watching today, +from the grandest capitals to the small village where my father was +born: know that America is a friend of each nation and every man, woman +and child who seeks a future of peace and dignity, and we are ready to +lead once more. + +(APPLAUSE) + +Recall that earlier generations faced down fascism and communism not +just with missiles and tanks, but with the sturdy alliances and enduring +convictions. + +They understood that our power alone cannot protect us, nor does it +entitle us to do as we please. Instead, they knew that our power grows +through its prudent use. Our security emanates from the justness of our +cause; the force of our example; the tempering qualities of humility and +restraint. + +We are the keepers of this legacy, guided by these principles once more, +we can meet those new threats that demand even greater effort, even +greater cooperation and understanding between nations. We'll begin to +responsibly leave Iraq to its people and forge a hard- earned peace in +Afghanistan. + +With old friends and former foes, we'll work tirelessly to lessen the +nuclear threat and roll back the specter of a warming planet. + +We will not apologize for our way of life nor will we waver in its +defense. + +And for those who seek to advance their aims by inducing terror and +slaughtering innocents, we say to you now that, "Our spirit is stronger +and cannot be broken. You cannot outlast us, and we will defeat you." + +(APPLAUSE) + +For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness. + +We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus, and +nonbelievers. We are shaped by every language and culture, drawn from +every end of this Earth. + +And because we have tasted the bitter swill of civil war and segregation +and emerged from that dark chapter stronger and more united, we cannot +help but believe that the old hatreds shall someday pass; that the lines +of tribe shall soon dissolve; that as the world grows smaller, our +common humanity shall reveal itself; and that America must play its role +in ushering in a new era of peace. + +To the Muslim world, we seek a new way forward, based on mutual interest +and mutual respect. + +To those leaders around the globe who seek to sow conflict or blame +their society's ills on the West, know that your people will judge you +on what you can build, not what you destroy. + +To those... + +(APPLAUSE) + +To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the +silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history, +but that we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist. + +(APPLAUSE) + +To the people of poor nations, we pledge to work alongside you to make +your farms flourish and let clean waters flow; to nourish starved bodies +and feed hungry minds. + +And to those nations like ours that enjoy relative plenty, we say we can +no longer afford indifference to the suffering outside our borders, nor +can we consume the world's resources without regard to effect. For the +world has changed, and we must change with it. + +As we consider the road that unfolds before us, we remember with humble +gratitude those brave Americans who, at this very hour, patrol far-off +deserts and distant mountains. They have something to tell us, just as +the fallen heroes who lie in Arlington whisper through the ages. + +We honor them not only because they are guardians of our liberty, but +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. + +For as much as government can do and must do, it is ultimately the faith +and determination of the American people upon which this nation relies. + +It is the kindness to take in a stranger when the levees break; the +selflessness of workers who would rather cut their hours than see a +friend lose their job which sees us through our darkest hours. + +It is the firefighter's courage to storm a stairway filled with smoke, +but also a parent's willingness to nurture a child, that finally decides +our fate. + +Our challenges may be new, the instruments with which we meet them may +be new, but those values upon which our success depends, honesty and +hard work, courage and fair play, tolerance and curiosity, loyalty and +patriotism -- these things are old. + +These things are true. They have been the quiet force of progress +throughout our history. + +What is demanded then is a return to these truths. What is required of +us now is a new era of responsibility -- a recognition, on the part of +every American, that we have duties to ourselves, our nation and the +world, duties that we do not grudgingly accept but rather seize gladly, +firm in the knowledge that there is nothing so satisfying to the spirit, +so defining of our character than giving our all to a difficult task. + +This is the price and the promise of citizenship. + +This is the source of our confidence: the knowledge that God calls on us +to shape an uncertain destiny. + +This is the meaning of our liberty and our creed, why men and women and +children of every race and every faith can join in celebration across +this magnificent mall. And why a man whose father less than 60 years ago +might not have been served at a local restaurant can now stand before +you to take a most sacred oath. + +(APPLAUSE) + +So let us mark this day in remembrance of who we are and how far we have +traveled. + +In the year of America's birth, in the coldest of months, a small band +of patriots huddled by nine campfires on the shores of an icy river. + +The capital was abandoned. The enemy was advancing. The snow was stained +with blood. + +At a moment when the outcome of our revolution was most in doubt, the +father of our nation ordered these words be read to the people: + +"Let it be told to the future world that in the depth of winter, when +nothing but hope and virtue could survive, that the city and the +country, alarmed at one common danger, came forth to meet it." + +America, in the face of our common dangers, in this winter of our +hardship, let us remember these timeless words; with hope and virtue, +let us brave once more the icy currents, and endure what storms may +come; let it be said by our children's children that when we were tested +we refused to let this journey end, that we did not turn back nor did we +falter; and with eyes fixed on the horizon and God's grace upon us, we +carried forth that great gift of freedom and delivered it safely to +future generations. + +Thank you. God bless you. + +(APPLAUSE) + +And God bless the United States of America. + +(APPLAUSE) + + + +Version 3: As transcribed by an individual Project Gutenberg volunteer + +Presidential Inaugural Address +of Barack Obama +on January 20, 2009. + +by Barack Obama + + +My fellow citizens: + +I stand here today humbled by the task before us, +grateful for the trust you have bestowed, +mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors. +I thank President Bush for his service to our nation, +as well as the generosity and cooperation he has +shown throughout this transition. + +Forty-four Americans have now taken the presidential oath. +The words have been spoken during rising tides of prosperity +and the still waters of peace. Yet, every so often the oath is taken +amidst gathering clouds and raging storms. At these moments, +America has carried on not simply because of the skill or vision +of those in high office, but because we the people have remained +faithful to the ideals of our forebears, and true to our founding documents. + +So it has been. So it must be with this generation of Americans. + +That we are in the midst of crisis is now well understood. +Our nation is at war, +against a far-reaching network of violence and hatred. +Our economy is badly weakened, a consequence of +greed and irresponsibility on the part of some, +but also our collective failure to make hard choices +and prepare the nation for a new age. +Homes have been lost; jobs shed; businesses shuttered. +Our health care is too costly; our schools fail too many; and +each day brings further evidence that the ways we use energy +strengthen our adversaries and threaten our planet. + +These are the indicators of crisis, subject to data and statistics. +Less measurable but no less profound is a sapping of confidence +across our land -- a nagging fear that America's decline is inevitable, +and that the next generation must lower its sights. + +Today I say to you that the challenges we face are real. +They are serious and they are many. +They will not be met easily or in a short span of time. +But know this, America -- they will be met. + +On this day, we gather because we have chosen +hope over fear, +unity of purpose over conflict and discord. + +On this day, we come to proclaim an end to the petty grievances +and false promises, the recriminations and worn out dogmas, +that for far too long have strangled our politics. + +We remain a young nation, but in the words of scripture, +the time has come to set aside childish things. +The time has come to reaffirm our enduring spirit; +to choose our better history; to carry forward that precious gift, +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. + +In reaffirming the greatness of our nation, +we understand that greatness is never a given. It must be earned. +Our journey has never been one of shortcuts or settling for less. +It has not been the path for the faint-hearted -- +for those who prefer leisure over work, +or seek only the pleasures of riches and fame. +Rather, it has been the risk-takers, the doers, the makers of things -- +some celebrated but more often men and women obscure in their labor, +who have carried us up the long, rugged path towards prosperity and freedom. + +For us, they packed up their few worldly possessions +and traveled across oceans in search of a new life. + +For us, they toiled in sweatshops and settled the West; +endured the lash of the whip and plowed the hard earth. + +For us, they fought and died, in places like +Concord and Gettysburg; Normandy and Khe Sanh. + +Time and again these men and women struggled and sacrificed and +worked till their hands were raw so that we might live a better life. +They saw America as bigger than the sum of our individual ambitions; +greater than all the differences of birth or wealth or faction. + +This is the journey we continue today. +We remain the most prosperous, powerful nation on Earth. +Our workers are no less productive than when this crisis began. +Our minds are no less inventive, our goods and services no less needed +than they were last week or last month or last year. +Our capacity remains undiminished. +But our time of standing pat, of protecting narrow interests and +putting off unpleasant decisions -- that time has surely passed. +Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, +and begin again the work of remaking America. + +For everywhere we look, there is work to be done. +The state of the economy calls for action, bold and swift, +and we will act -- not only to create new jobs, +but to lay a new foundation for growth. +We will build the roads and bridges, the electric grids and digital lines +that feed our commerce and bind us together. +We will restore science to its rightful place, and wield technology's wonders +to raise health care's quality and lower its cost. +We will harness the sun and the winds and the soil +to fuel our cars and run our factories. +And we will transform our schools and colleges and universities +to meet the demands of a new age. +All this we can do. +And all this we will do. + +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. + +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 -- whether it helps families find +jobs at a decent wage, care they can afford, a retirement that is dignified. +Where the answer is yes, we intend to move forward. +Where the answer is no, programs will end. +And those of us who manage the public's dollars will be held to account -- +to spend wisely, reform bad habits, and do our business in the light of day -- +because only then can we restore the vital trust +between a people and their government. + +Nor is the question before us whether the market is a force for good or ill. +Its power to generate wealth and expand freedom is unmatched, +but this crisis has reminded us that without a watchful eye, +the market can spin out of control -- +and that a nation cannot prosper long when it favors only the prosperous. +The success of our economy has always depended +not just on the size of our gross domestic product, +but on the reach of our prosperity; +on our ability to extend opportunity to every willing heart -- +not out of charity, but because it is the surest route to our common good. + +As for our common defense, +we reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals. +Our founding fathers, faced with perils we can scarcely imagine, +drafted a charter to assure the rule of law and the rights of man, +a charter expanded by the blood of generations. +Those ideals still light the world, +and we will not give them up for expedience's sake. +And so to all the other peoples and governments who are watching today, +from the grandest capitals to the small village where my father was born: +know that America is a friend of each nation and +every man, woman, and child who seeks a future of peace and dignity, +and that we are +ready to lead once more. + +Recall that earlier generations faced down fascism and communism +not just with missiles and tanks, but +with sturdy alliances and enduring convictions. +They understood that our power alone cannot protect us, +nor does it entitle us to do as we please. +Instead, they knew that our power grows through its prudent use; +our security emanates from the justness of our cause, +the force of our example, the tempering qualities of humility and restraint. + +We are the keepers of this legacy. Guided by these principles once more, +we can meet those new threats that demand even greater effort -- +even greater cooperation and understanding between nations. +We will begin to responsibly leave Iraq to its people, +and forge a hard-earned peace in Afghanistan. +With old friends and former foes, +we will work tirelessly to lessen the nuclear threat, +and roll back the specter of a warming planet. +We will not apologize for our way of life, nor will we waver in its defense, +and for those who seek to advance their aims +by inducing terror and slaughtering innocents, +we say to you now that our spirit is stronger and cannot be broken; +you cannot outlast us, +and we will defeat you. + +For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness. +We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus -- and non-believers. +We are shaped by every language and culture, drawn from every end of this Earth; +and because we have tasted the bitter swill of civil war and segregation, +and emerged from that dark chapter stronger and more united, +we cannot help but believe that the old hatreds shall someday pass; +that the lines of tribe shall soon dissolve; +that as the world grows smaller, our common humanity shall reveal itself; +and that America must play its role in ushering in a new era of peace. + +To the Muslim world, we seek a new way forward, +based on mutual interest and mutual respect. +To those leaders around the globe who seek to sow conflict, +or blame their society's ills on the West -- know that +your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy. +To those who cling to power through +corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, +know that you are on the wrong side of history; but that +we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist. + +To the people of poor nations, we pledge to work alongside you +to make your farms flourish and let clean waters flow; +to nourish starved bodies and feed hungry minds. +And to those nations like ours that enjoy relative plenty, +we say we can no longer afford indifference to the suffering outside our borders; +nor can we consume the world's resources without regard to effect. +For the world has changed, +and we must change with it. + +As we consider the road that unfolds before us, +we remember with humble gratitude those brave Americans who, +at this very hour, patrol far-off deserts and distant mountains. +They have something to tell us today, +just as the fallen heroes who lie in Arlington whisper through the ages. +We honor them not only because they are guardians of our liberty, +but 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. + +For as much as government can do and must do, +it is ultimately the faith and determination of the American people +upon which this nation relies. +It is the kindness to take in a stranger when the levees break, +the selflessness of workers who would rather +cut their hours than see a friend lose their job +which sees us through our darkest hours. +It is the firefighter's courage to storm a stairway filled with smoke, +but also a parent's willingness to nurture a child, +that finally decides our fate. + +Our challenges may be new. +The instruments with which we meet them may be new. +But those values upon which our success depends -- +hard work and honesty, courage and fair play, +tolerance and curiosity, loyalty and patriotism -- +these things are old. These things are true. +They have been the quiet force of progress throughout our history. +What is demanded then is a return to these truths. +What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility -- +a recognition, on the part of every American, that +we have duties to ourselves, our nation, and the world, +duties that we do not grudgingly accept but rather seize gladly, +firm in the knowledge that there is nothing so satisfying to the spirit, +so defining of our character, +than giving our all to a difficult task. + +This is the price and the promise of citizenship. + +This is the source of our confidence -- +the knowledge that God calls on us to shape an uncertain destiny. + +This is the meaning of our liberty and our creed -- +why men and women and children of every race and every faith +can join in celebration across this magnificent Mall, +and why a man whose father less than sixty years ago +might not have been served at a local restaurant can +now stand before you to take a most sacred oath. + +So let us mark this day with remembrance, +of who we are and how far we have traveled. +In the year of America's birth, in the coldest of months, +a small band of patriots huddled by +dying campfires on the shores of an icy river. +The capital was abandoned. The enemy was advancing. +The snow was stained with blood. +At a moment when the outcome of our revolution was most in doubt, +the father of our nation ordered these words be read to the people: + +"Let it be told to the future world... that in the depth of winter, +when nothing but hope and virtue could survive... +that the city and the country, alarmed at one common danger, +came forth to meet (it)." + +America, in the face of our common dangers, in this winter of our hardship, +let us remember these timeless words. With hope and virtue, +let us brave once more the icy currents, and endure what storms may come. +Let it be said by our children's children that when we were tested +we refused to let this journey end, that we did not turn back nor did we falter; +and with eyes fixed on the horizon and God's grace upon us, +we carried forth that great gift of freedom +and delivered it safely to future generations. + + +Thank you. God bless you. 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