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and compassion, to call for responsibility and try to live it as
well.

in all these ways, i will bring the values of our history to the care of
our times.

what you do is as important as anything government does. i ask you to seek
a common good beyond your comfort; to defend needed reforms against easy
attacks;
to serve your nation, beginning with your neighbor. i ask you to be
citizens:
citizens, not spectators; citizens, not subjects; responsible citizens,
building communities of service and a nation of character.

americans are generous and strong and decent, not because we believe in
ourselves, but because we hold beliefs beyond ourselves. when this spirit
of citizenship is missing, no government program can replace it. when this
spirit is pre
sent, no wrong can stand against it.

after the declaration of independence was signed, virginia statesman john
page wrote to thomas jefferson: "we know the race is not to the swift nor
the batt
le to the strong. do you not think an angel rides in the whirlwind and
directs this storm?"

much time has passed since jefferson arrived for his inauguration. the
years and changes accumulate. but the themes of this day he would know:
our nation's grand story of courage and its simple dream of dignity.

we are not this story's author, who fills time and eternity with his
purpose.
yet his purpose is achieved in our duty, and our duty is fulfilled in
service to one another.

never tiring, never yielding, never finishing, we renew that purpose
today, to make our country more just and generous, to affirm the dignity
of our lives and every life.

this work continues. this story goes on. and an angel still rides in the
whirl wind and directs this storm.

god bless you all, and god bless america.

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