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Barack Obama's Inaugural Address: Humility, Gratitude, Sacrifice
Barack Obama's Inaugural Address: Humility, Gratitude, Sacrifice
Humility, gratitude and sacrifice. From his first words, Barack Obama let us know that even on a day so bright he was not blinded. Not by the cloud of witnesses in front of him. Not by the lights of cameras sending his words across the planet. That he was willing to sound so somber on his day ...
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whitehouse.gov — Yesterday, President Obama delivered his Inaugural Address, calling for a "new era of responsibility." Watch the video... here: ( download as high-quality .mp4 ) Inaugural Address My fellow citizens: I stand here today humbled by the task before us, ... (more) Blog Post - President Barack Obama's Inaugural Address
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Transcript - Barack Obama’s Inaugural Address - Text
nytimes.com — Following is the transcript of President Barack Obama ’s Inaugural Address, as transcribed by CQ Transcriptions: PRESIDENT... BARACK Thank you. Thank you. CROWD: Obama! Obama! Obama! Obama! My fellow citizens: I stand here today humbled by the task ... (more) Transcript - Barack Obama’s Inaugural Address - Text
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news.yahoo.com — Barack Obama 's inaugural address on Tuesday, as delivered. 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 ... (more) Text of President Barack Obama's inaugural address - ...
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Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... But as I sit in front of my television, I'm not just crying, I'm also dancing. I am dancing with joy to see the transfer of power from a man who governed in secrecy and subterfuge to one who pledges in his Inaugural Address "to do his business in the light of day." I am thrilled to see power transferred from an administration that boasted of not caring what the American people thought of them to one who "wants to restore the vital trust between a people and their government." I feel a deep and profound sense of hope for my country to see the last of a man who ...

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The Moderate Voice — ... pattern—that is, beyond the larger pattern of stump-speech cant, hollow rhetoric and false eloquence—it is that the most memorable Inaugural Addresses have occurred at the most perilous times. And the very best of them have been crafted by a president (not speechwriters) with an instinctive ear for language and an oratorical sense energized by the dramatic challenge of the historical moment. Both the moment and the man were in place in January 2009. –Time’s Nancy Gibbs: Humility, gratitude and sacrifice. From his first words, ...

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