Barack Obama quote about kindness from Inaugural Address - 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.
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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.
 Barack Obama, Inaugural Address (20 January 2009). copy citation

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Author Barack Obama
Source Inaugural Address
Topic kindness selflessness workers
Date 20 January 2009
Language English
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Weblink http://www.gutenberg.org/files/28000/28000-h/28000-h.htm

Context

“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.” source

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