Our politics remains filled with division and discord. And everywhere we see the risk of falling into the refuge of tribe and clan. At such moments, it’s necessary for us to show courage in challenging the status quo and in fighting the good fight.
Barack Obama emphasizes the need for courage in politics amidst division and discord.
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I hope this center will serve as an affirmation of just how special, how precious our democracy truly is.
We’ve now fought a war, spent billions and billions of dollars, you know, put enormous strain on our military. A lot of people have died. And it feels like we’re back where we were before we started the war, except maybe a little bit worse…
This idea that any suggestion or criticism that America was anything other than perfect is unpatriotic... is a suggestion that you hate your country.
It fortifies you to say that, yes, this has been part of the journey that we’re on.
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