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it was conceivable That in 40 years in 

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America we might have a president and 

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that sounded like a very emancipated 

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statement I supposed . I Barack Hussein 

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Obama preserve , protect and defend the 

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constitution of the United States . So 

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help you God . So help me God , 

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congratulations Mr President and 

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reaffirming the greatness of our nation . 

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We understand that greatness is never a 

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given . It must be earned . Our journey 

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has never been one of short cuts or 

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settling for less . It has not been the 

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path for the fainthearted for those 

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that prefer leisure over work or seek 

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the pleasures of riches and fame . 

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Rather it has been the risk takers , 

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the doers , the makers of things . Some 

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celebrated but more often men and women 

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obscure in their labor who have pushed 

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us up the long and rugged path towards 

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freedom and prosperity . Time and again 

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these men and women struggled and 

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sacrificed and worked till their hands 

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were raw so that we could live a better 

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life . They saw America as bigger than 

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the sum of our individual ambitions 

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greater than the differences of birth 

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or wealth or faction . This is the 

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journey we continue today and this 

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month in particular , we think of all 

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our predecessors who fought to shape a 

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better future for african americans . 

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We give thanks for dr king and rosa 

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Parks Andrew young and john lewis and 

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everyone known and unknown to history 

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who stood up for freedom and equality