“ 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. ”
Barack Obama, Inaugural Address (20 January 2009). copy citation
| Author | Barack Obama |
|---|---|
| Source | Inaugural Address |
| Topic | fate courage |
| Date | 20 January 2009 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/28000/28000-h/28000-h.htm |
Context
“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. But those values upon which our success depends -- hard work and honesty, courage and fair play, tolerance and curiosity, loyalty and patriotism -- these things are old.”
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