"What the people want is very simple - they want an America as good as its promise."

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"What the people want is very simple - they want an America as good as its promise."

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"I have confidence that we can form this kind of national community."

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"One thing is clear to me: We, as human beings, must be willing to accept people who are different from ourselves."

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"Think what a better world it would be if we all, the whole world, had cookies and milk about three o'clock every afternoon and then lay down on our blankets for a nap."

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"We have a positive vision of the future founded on the belief that the gap between the promise and reality of America can one day be finally closed. We believe that."

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"There is no obstacle in the path of young people who are poor or members of minority groups that hard work and preparation cannot cure."

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"We must not become the new puritans and reject our society. We must address and master the future together. It can be done if we restore the belief that we share a sense of national community, that we share a common national endeavor. It can be done."

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"The citizens of America expect more. They deserve and they want more than a recital of problems."

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"A government is invigorated when each of us is willing to participate in shaping the future of this nation."

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"In other times, I could stand here and give this kind of exposition on the beliefs of the Democratic Party and that would be enough. But today that is not enough. People want more."

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