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By Barack Obama
Progress does not compel us to settle centuries-long debates about the role of government for all time, but it does require us to act in our time.
- Source
- Inaugural Address, January 21, 2013
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- The American Presidency Project, UC Santa Barbara
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From Obama's second inaugural address, January 21, 2013. He argues that being true to the founding documents does not mean agreeing on every detail of life, but it does mean acting on the decisions of the day.