On the recordMay 28, 2011
In a world that can be cruel and selfish, it's this knowledge--the knowledge that we are inclined to love one another, that we're inclined to do good, to be good--that causes us to take heart.
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Remarks at a Memorial Service for the Victims of the Tornado in Joplin
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