I’ve always described the presidency as a relay race. You take the baton from someone, you run your leg as hard and as well as you can, and then you hand it off to someone else, knowing that your work will be incomplete.
Obama describes the presidency as a relay race, emphasizing the continuity of leadership and the ongoing work of governance.
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It is a decision about how do we face and embrace this finite amount of time we have on the planet.
People need to “rediscover what’s the story we tell about how we’re going to live together, and see each other, and recognise each other, and disagree, and yet, still care for each other”.
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