Barack Obama quote about strength from Inaugural Address - For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness.
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For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness.
 Barack Obama, Inaugural Address (20 January 2009). copy citation

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

Context

“We will not apologize for our way of life, nor will we waver in its defense, and for those who seek to advance their aims by inducing terror and slaughtering innocents, we say to you now that our spirit is stronger and cannot be broken; you cannot outlast us, and we will defeat you.
For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness. We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus — and non-believers. We are shaped by every language and culture, drawn from every end of this Earth; and because we have tasted the bitter swill of civil war and segregation, and emerged from that dark chapter stronger and more united, we cannot help but believe that the old hatreds shall someday pass; that the lines of tribe shall soon dissolve; that as the world grows smaller, our common humanity shall reveal itself; and that America must play its role in ushering in a new era of peace.” source

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