Total number of words: 2403
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Search volume
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Approx Avg Search Volume
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Estimated Avg. CPC
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| nation | 12 | 0.50 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| new | 11 | 0.46 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| america | 9 | 0.37 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| today | 7 | 0.29 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| people | 7 | 0.29 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| less | 7 | 0.29 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| world | 7 | 0.29 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| let | 7 | 0.29 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| time | 6 | 0.25 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| work | 6 | 0.25 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| cannot | 6 | 0.25 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| common | 6 | 0.25 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| generation | 5 | 0.21 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| day | 5 | 0.21 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| spirit | 5 | 0.21 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| nor | 5 | 0.21 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| words | 4 | 0.17 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| peace | 4 | 0.17 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| crisis | 4 | 0.17 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| far | 4 | 0.17 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| hard | 4 | 0.17 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| end | 4 | 0.17 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| long | 4 | 0.17 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| seek | 4 | 0.17 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| men | T | 4 | 0.17 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| women | 4 | 0.17 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| greater | 4 | 0.17 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| meet | 4 | 0.17 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| power | 4 | 0.17 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| americans | 3 | 0.12 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| oath | 3 | 0.12 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| prosperity | 3 | 0.12 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| carried | 3 | 0.12 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| ideals | 3 | 0.12 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| economy | 3 | 0.12 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| jobs | 3 | 0.12 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| care | 3 | 0.12 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| across | 3 | 0.12 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| short | 3 | 0.12 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| hope | 3 | 0.12 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| history | 3 | 0.12 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| forward | 3 | 0.12 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| god | 3 | 0.12 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| journey | 3 | 0.12 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| freedom | 3 | 0.12 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| life | 3 | 0.12 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| earth | 3 | 0.12 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| last | 3 | 0.12 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| off | 3 | 0.12 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| ourselves | 3 | 0.12 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| question | 3 | 0.12 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| courage | 3 | 0.12 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| government | 3 | 0.12 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| small | 3 | 0.12 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| force | 3 | 0.12 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| man | 3 | 0.12 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| generations | 3 | 0.12 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| father | 3 | 0.12 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| future | 3 | 0.12 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| once | 3 | 0.12 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| nations | 3 | 0.12 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| old | 3 | 0.12 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| shall | 3 | 0.12 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| moment | 3 | 0.12 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| upon | 3 | 0.12 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| children | 3 | 0.12 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| stand | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| task | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| trust | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| service | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| cooperation | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| throughout | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| taken | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| waters | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| storms | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| true | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| founding | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| understood | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| war | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| part | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| age | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| health | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| schools | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| fail | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| planet | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| confidence | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| fear | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| lower | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| challenges | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| face | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| met | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| purpose | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| conflict | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| false | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| remain | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| enduring | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| better | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| gift | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| passed | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| given | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| promise | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| free | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| greatness | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| understand | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| earned | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| path | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| traveled | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| west | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| ambitions | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| birth | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| wealth | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| prosperous | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| workers | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| minds | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| year | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| begin | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| calls | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| build | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| lines | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| feed | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| restore | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| big | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| country | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| longer | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| find | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| afford | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| answer | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| light | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| market | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| good | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| without | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| success | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| extend | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| willing | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| defense | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| faced | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| charter | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| blood | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| friend | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| child | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| grows | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| back | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| stronger | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| play | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| era | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| mutual | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| remember | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| brave | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| liberty | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| willingness | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| meaning | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| faith | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| american | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| hours | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| duties | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| knowledge | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| nothing | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| icy | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| winter | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| virtue | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| forth | 2 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
Total 2 word phrases: 66
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| Keyword | Found in | Repeats | Density |
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Approx Avg Search Volume
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Estimated Avg. CPC
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| a new | 7 | 0.58 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| our nation | 5 | 0.42 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| the world | 5 | 0.42 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| no less | 4 | 0.33 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| men and | 4 | 0.33 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| and women | 4 | 0.33 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| our common | 4 | 0.33 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| of peace | 3 | 0.25 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| the people | 3 | 0.25 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| that america | 3 | 0.25 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| this day | 3 | 0.25 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| time has | 3 | 0.25 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| once more | 3 | 0.25 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| let us | 3 | 0.25 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| the words | 2 | 0.17 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| prosperity and | 2 | 0.17 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| our founding | 2 | 0.17 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| of crisis | 2 | 0.17 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| our economy | 2 | 0.17 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| the part | 2 | 0.17 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| part of | 2 | 0.17 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| new age | 2 | 0.17 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| health care | 2 | 0.17 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| our schools | 2 | 0.17 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| america s | 2 | 0.17 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| lower its | 2 | 0.17 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| be met | 2 | 0.17 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| day we | 2 | 0.17 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| we remain | 2 | 0.17 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| the time | 2 | 0.17 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| the west | 2 | 0.17 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| greater than | 2 | 0.17 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| today we | 2 | 0.17 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| this crisis | 2 | 0.17 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| or last | 2 | 0.17 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| to meet | 2 | 0.17 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| no longer | 2 | 0.17 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| the question | 2 | 0.17 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| the answer | 2 | 0.17 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| answer is | 2 | 0.17 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| people and | 2 | 0.17 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| the market | 2 | 0.17 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| a nation | 2 | 0.17 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| a charter | 2 | 0.17 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| a friend | 2 | 0.17 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| nation and | 2 | 0.17 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| our power | 2 | 0.17 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| force of | 2 | 0.17 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| even greater | 2 | 0.17 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| nations we | 2 | 0.17 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| who seek | 2 | 0.17 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| seek to | 2 | 0.17 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| stronger and | 2 | 0.17 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| new era | 2 | 0.17 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| era of | 2 | 0.17 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| our liberty | 2 | 0.17 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| the spirit | 2 | 0.17 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| willingness to | 2 | 0.17 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| a moment | 2 | 0.17 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| upon which | 2 | 0.17 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| be new | 2 | 0.17 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| the knowledge | 2 | 0.17 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| knowledge that | 2 | 0.17 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| let it | 2 | 0.17 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| hope and | 2 | 0.17 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| and virtue | 2 | 0.17 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
Total 3 word phrases: 17
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| men and women | 4 | 0.50 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| on the part | 2 | 0.25 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| a new age | 2 | 0.25 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| on this day | 2 | 0.25 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| time has come | 2 | 0.25 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| of our nation | 2 | 0.25 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| of a new | 2 | 0.25 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| are no less | 2 | 0.25 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| where the answer | 2 | 0.25 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| that our power | 2 | 0.25 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| a new era | 2 | 0.25 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| new era of | 2 | 0.25 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| to the people | 2 | 0.25 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| of our liberty | 2 | 0.25 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| may be new | 2 | 0.25 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| let it be | 2 | 0.25 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| hope and virtue | 2 | 0.25 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
Total 4 word phrases: 1
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| time has come to | 2 | 0.33 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
Original text
my fellow citizens i stand here today humbled by the task before us
grateful for the trust you have bestowed mindful of the sacrifices
borne by our ancestors i thank president bush for his service to our
nation as well as the generosity and cooperation he has shown
throughout this transition forty four americans have now taken the
presidential oath the words have been spoken during rising tides of
prosperity and the still waters of peace yet every so often the oath is
taken amidst gathering clouds and raging storms at these moments
america has carried on not simply because of the skill or vision of
those in high office but because we the people have remained faithful
to the ideals of our forbearers and true to our founding documents so
it has been so it must be with this generation of americans that we are
in the midst of crisis is now well understood our nation is at war
against a far reaching network of violence and hatred our economy is
badly weakened a consequence of greed and irresponsibility on the part
of some but also our collective failure to make hard choices and
prepare the nation for a new age homes have been lost jobs shed
businesses shuttered our health care is too costly our schools fail too
many and each day brings further evidence that the ways we use energy
strengthen our adversaries and threaten our planet these are the
indicators of crisis subject to data and statistics less measurable but
no less profound is a sapping of confidence across our land a nagging
fear that america s decline is inevitable and that the next generation
must lower its sights today i say to you that the challenges we face
are real they are serious and they are many they will not be met easily
or in a short span of time but know this america they will be met on
this day we gather because we have chosen hope over fear unity of
purpose over conflict and discord on this day we come to proclaim an
end to the petty grievances and false promises the recriminations and
worn out dogmas that for far too long have strangled our politics we
remain a young nation but in the words of scripture the time has come
to set aside childish things the time has come to reaffirm our enduring
spirit to choose our better history to carry forward that precious gift
that noble idea passed on from generation to generation the god given
promise that all are equal all are free and all deserve a chance to
pursue their full measure of happiness in reaffirming the greatness of
our nation we understand that greatness is never a given it must be
earned our journey has never been one of short cuts or settling for
less it has not been the path for the faint hearted for those who
prefer leisure over work or seek only the pleasures of riches and fame
rather it has been the risk takers the doers the makers of things some
celebrated but more often men and women obscure in their labor who have
carried us up the long rugged path toward prosperity and freedom for us
they packed up their few worldly possessions and traveled across oceans
in search of a new life for us they toiled in sweatshops and settled
the west endured the lash of the whip and plowed the hard earth for us
they fought and died in places like concord and gettysburg normandy and
khe sahn time and again these men and women struggled and sacrificed
and worked till their hands were raw so that we might live a better
life they saw america as bigger than the sum of our individual
ambitions greater than all the differences of birth or wealth or
faction this is the journey we continue today we remain the most
prosperous powerful nation on earth our workers are no less productive
than when this crisis began our minds are no less inventive our goods
and services no less needed than they were last week or last month or
last year our capacity remains undiminished but our time of standing
pat of protecting narrow interests and putting off unpleasant decisions
that time has surely passed starting today we must pick ourselves up
dust ourselves off and begin again the work of remaking america for
everywhere we look there is work to be done the state of the economy
calls for action bold and swift and we will act not only to create new
jobs but to lay a new foundation for growth we will build the roads and
bridges the electric grids and digital lines that feed our commerce and
bind us together we will restore science to its rightful place and
wield technology s wonders to raise health care s quality and lower its
cost we will harness the sun and the winds and the soil to fuel our
cars and run our factories and we will transform our schools and
colleges and universities to meet the demands of a new age all this we
can do and all this we will do now there are some who question the
scale of our ambitions who suggest that our system cannot tolerate too
many big plans their memories are short for they have forgotten what
this country has already done what free men and women can achieve when
imagination is joined to common purpose and necessity to courage what
the cynics fail to understand is that the ground has shifted beneath
them that the stale political arguments that have consumed us for so
long no longer apply the question we ask today is not whether our
government is too big or too small but whether it works whether it
helps families find jobs at a decent wage care they can afford a
retirement that is dignified where the answer is yes we intend to move
forward where the answer is no programs will end and those of us who
manage the public s dollars will be held to account to spend wisely
reform bad habits and do our business in the light of day because only
then can we restore the vital trust between a people and their
government nor is the question before us whether the market is a force
for good or ill its power to generate wealth and expand freedom is
unmatched but this crisis has reminded us that without a watchful eye
the market can spin out of control and that a nation cannot prosper
long when it favors only the prosperous the success of our economy has
always depended not just on the size of our gross domestic product but
on the reach of our prosperity on our ability to extend opportunity to
every willing heart not out of charity but because it is the surest
route to our common good as for our common defense we reject as false
the choice between our safety and our ideals our founding fathers faced
with perils we can scarcely imagine drafted a charter to assure the
rule of law and the rights of man a charter expanded by the blood of
generations those ideals still light the world and we will not give
them up for expedience s sake and so to all other peoples and
governments who are watching today from the grandest capitals to the
small village where my father was born know that america is a friend of
each nation and every man woman and child who seeks a future of peace
and dignity and that we are ready to lead once more recall that earlier
generations faced down fascism and communism not just with missiles and
tanks but with sturdy alliances and enduring convictions they
understood that our power alone cannot protect us nor does it entitle
us to do as we please instead they knew that our power grows through
its prudent use our security emanates from the justness of our cause
the force of our example the tempering qualities of humility and
restraint we are the keepers of this legacy guided by these principles
once more we can meet those new threats that demand even greater effort
even greater cooperation and understanding between nations we will
begin to responsibly leave iraq to its people and forge a hard earned
peace in afghanistan with old friends and former foes we will work
tirelessly to lessen the nuclear threat and roll back the specter of a
warming planet 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 to the muslim world we seek a new way forward based on
mutual interest and mutual respect to those leaders around the globe
who seek to sow conflict or blame their society s ills on the west know
that your people will judge you on what you can build not what you
destroy to those who cling to power 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 let clean waters flow to nourish starved bodies
and feed hungry minds and to those nations like ours that enjoy
relative plenty we say we can no longer afford indifference 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 those brave americans who at this very hour patrol far
off deserts and distant mountains they have something to tell us today
just as 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 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 these things
are true they have been the quiet force of progress throughout our
history what is demanded then is a return to these truths 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 of every race and every faith can join in
celebration across this magnificent mall and why a man whose father
less than 60 years ago might not have been served at a local restaurant
can now stand before you 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 and virtue could survive 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 to future generations