if you are driven by the core idea that together we can improve the lives of this generation and the next, and are willing to work through the obstacles and the criticism, and continually improve where you fall short, you can make America better.
Obama emphasizes the importance of collective effort in improving lives through government action.
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While we are non-partisan, we are not value-neutral. We have a point of view.
Every president here today, as different as we are, has tried our best to uphold the values that John McCain and Mitt Romney believed in no less than I did.
In forming our union, the founders fell terribly short of the Declaration's promise, leaving slavery intact, allowing states to restrict the franchise to white men who owned property.
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