Thursday, January 13, 2011

Grief...and a vision



While others were busy trying to tell us who is to blame, Obama shared our grief...and a vision of our better selves.

I believe we can be better. Those who died here, those who saved lives here – they help me believe. We may not be able to stop all evil in the world, but I know that how we treat one another is entirely up to us. I believe that for all our imperfections, we are full of decency and goodness, and that the forces that divide us are not as strong as those that unite us.

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