bartleby.com - 1/14/2009
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We have seen our vulnerabilityand we have seen its deepest source. For as long as whole regions of the world simmer in resentment and tyrannyprone to ideologies that feed hatred and excuse murderviolence will gather, and multiply in destructive power, and cross the most defended borders, and ...
whitehouse.gov - 1/21/2009
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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, ...
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Blog Post - President Barack Obama's Inaugural Address
nytimes.com - 1/20/2009
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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 ...
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Transcript - Barack Obama’s Inaugural Address - Text
news.yahoo.com - 1/20/2009
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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 ...
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Text of President Barack Obama's inaugural address - ...
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Tom Engelhardt: The Apology: How to Turn Over a New Inaugural Leaf
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... In his second inaugural address, after raising the warning flag of "our vulnerability" and our need for security beyond compare, Bush pledged Americans to a program of strength involving bringing "freedom" to nothing less than the whole planet. He identified this as "the urgent requirement of our nation's security, and the calling of our time... with the ultimate goal of ending tyranny in our world." Limitlessness indeed. ...
Obama and the End of the Democracy Agenda
Pajamas Media —
... the noun “democracy” nor the adjective “democratic” was uttered. The “democracy agenda” so closely associated with the foreign policy ideas of President Bush appears to be well and truly off the table. But the “democracy agenda” was not only an integral part of Bush foreign policy; it has — at least on the level of rhetoric — been an integral part of American foreign policy as such for decades now. George W. Bush mentioned the words “democracy” or “democratic” three times in his second inaugural address in 2005 and three times in his ...
What is Grandiose Rhetoric?
democracyarsenal.org —
... To respond to Shadi's point below, perhaps I should have been clearer in my earlier post. I would make the argument that the following is grandiose and overstated rhetoric: ...
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