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otworkatall,whenthecostofhealthcaredevastatesfamiliesandthreatetobankruptourenterprises,greatandsmall;whenthefearofcrimerolawabidingcitizeoftheirfreedom;andwhenmillioo

fpoorchildrencaotevenimaginetheliveswearecallingthemtolead,wehavenotmadechangeourfriend.

weknowwehavetofacehardtruthsandtakestrongste,butwehavenotdoneso.iteadwehavedrifted,andthatdriftinghaserodedourresources,fracturedoureconomy,andshakenourconfidence.thoughourchallengesarefearsome,soareourstrengths.americahaveeverbeenarestle,questing,hopefulpeople,andwemustbringtoourtasktodaythevisionandwillofthosewhocamebeforeus.fromourrevolutiontothecivilwar,tothegreatdepreion,tothecivilrightsmovement,ourpeoplehavealwaysmusteredthedeterminationtocotructfromthesecrisesthepillarsofourhistory.thomasjeffersonbelievedthattopreservetheveryfoundatioofournationwewouldneeddramaticchangefromtimetotime.well,myfellowamerica,thisisourtime.letusembraceit.

ourdemocracymustbenotonlytheenvyoftheworldbuttheengineofourownrenewal.thereisnothingwrongwithamericathatcaotbecuredbywhatisrightwithamerica.

andsotodaywepledgeanendtotheeraofdeadlockanddrift,andanewseasonofamericanrenewalhasbegun.

torenewamericawemustbebold.wemustdowhatnogenerationhashadtodobefore.wemustinvestmoreinourownpeople,intheirjo,andintheirfuture,andatthesametimecutourmaivedebt...andwemustdosoinaworldinwhichwemustcompeteforeveryoortunity.itwillnotbeeasy.itwillrequiresacrifice,butitcanbedone,anddonefairly.notchoosingsacrificeforitsownsake,butforourownsake.wemustprovideforournationthewayafamilyprovidesforitschildren.

ourfounderssawthemselvesinthelightofposterity.wecandonole.anyonewhohaseverwatchedachild''seyeswanderintosleepknowswhatposterityis.posterityistheworldtocome,theworldforwhomweholdourideals,fromwhomwehaveborrowedourplanet,andtowhomwebearsacredreoibilities.wemustdowhatamericadoesbest,offermoreoortunitytoallanddemandmorereoibilityfromall.

itistimetobreakthebadhabitofexpectingsomethingfornothing:fromourgovernment,orf

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