Washington is a city of powerful institutions, the seat of government for the strongest nation on earth, the place where democratic ideals are translated into reality, where we are not just concerned with appearance, but with achievement.
Remarks Upon Accepting on Behalf of the Nation the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Fine Arts Collection.
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This is a victory for every American because the only true path to progress for a free people is the one we will take when this legislation is made the law of the land.
When this Republic was born, Thomas Jefferson looked about at the energy and the creativity that stirred among the people in the first years of our freedom.
In the coming months, I am going to do everything within my power to try to bring that about and to make that possible.
But the Congress today has shown that if we have the will, there is a way.
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