It has not been a quest for fame or vanity that has driven this man.

What the people heard instead, people of every creed and color, from every walk of life, is that in America, our destiny is inextricably linked, that together our dreams can be one.

Despite the enormity of the task that lies ahead, I stand here today as hopeful as ever that the United States of America will endure. That it will prevail. That the dream of our founders will live on in our time.

Given the crisis that we're in and hardships that so many people are going through, we can't allow any idle hands.

This country is great because of its people. Don't underestimate the power for people who join together to accomplish amazing things.

And on a day where we remember not just a dreamer, but a doer, an actor. Somebody who dedicated his life to working at the grassroots level on behalf of change; on behalf of making communities better.

It's not been the need to compromise for politics' sake that has shaped his distinguished career. It is rather a pure and deeply felt love of his country that comes from the painful knowledge of what life is like without it.

Dr. King used to say if you sweep floors for a living, make sure you're the best floor sweeper there has ever been.

That better place around the bend. A promise that has led immigrants to cross oceans and pioneers to travel west. A promise that led workers to picket lines and women to reach for the ballot.

Dr. King used to say, if you sweep floors for a living, then make sure you're the best floor-sweeper there has ever been, all right?

It is that American spirit, that American promise that pushes us forward even when the past is uncertain, that binds us together in spite of our differences, that makes us fix our eye not on what is seen, but what is unseen.