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we seek a new way forward,
based on mutual interest
and mutual respect.
the globe who seek to sow conflict,
ills on the West,
know that your people will
judge you on what you can build,
not what you destroy.
To those...
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 feed hungry minds.
ours that enjoy relative plenty,
we say we can
to 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
at this very hour,
patrol far-off deserts
and distant mountains.
They have something to tell us,
this is 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.
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
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
can join in celebration
across this magnificent mall,
and why a man whose father
might not have been
served at a local restaurant
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
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
future generations.
Thank you. God bless you.
And God bless
The enhanced crowd
so leads to applause
the 44th President,
Barack Obama,
at the inaugural address
on the West front
of the Capitol.
Of course,
it was full of the souring arches
that you expected from this man,
but I think most crushly
sure he'd struck
an enormous business-like tone.
This is a man who takes office,
has taken office,
who'd be sitting in the Oval Office
tomorrow morning
with an enormous entry of problems,
and I think what he wants to do,
what he's trying to do first,
is to get away from this impression
that he's just
very very good with words,
he also has to be very very good
at vending this country,
and what he basically told us here
is that we'd take this crisis
and turn it into an opportunity,
all the time all the wild remindingless
that 60 years ago,
someone like him wouldn't
have been served in a restaurant,
in many states of this country,
how many said that in their speech
he got the biggest front of applause,
of the day so far.
The ceremony is not over;
after he's greeted
his vice-president, and
all the members there,
there would be
the traditionnal poetry reading,
after which the ceremony
would draw to close.
...of introducing an American poet,
Elizabeth Alexander.
Praise song for the day.
Each day we go about our business,
walking past each other,
catching each others' eyes or not,
about to speak or speaking
All about us is noise.
All about us is noise and bramble,
thorn and din,
each one of our ancestors
on our tongues.
Someone is stitching up a hem,
darning a hole in a uniform,
patching a tire,
repairing the things
in need of repair.
Someone is trying
to make music somewhere
with a pair of wooden
spoons on an oil drum
with cello, boom box,
harmonica, voice.
A woman and her son
wait for the bus.
A farmer considers the changing sky;
A teacher says:
"Take out your pencils.
Begin."
We encounter each other in words,
words spiny or smooth,
whispered or declaimed;
words to consider,
reconsider.
We cross dirt roads
and highways that mark
the will of someone
and then others who said,
"I need to see
what's on the other side;
I know there's something
better down the road."
We need to find a place
where we are safe;
We walk into that
which we cannot yet see.
Say it plain,
that many have died for this day.
Sing the names of the dead
who brought us here,
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