Mood Element
1. Subject= 274
2. Finite= 290
Modality= 42
Mood Types = 292
1. Declarative
- Positive= 248
- Negative= 30
2. Imperative= 13
3. Interrogative= 1
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Clause
Mood Type
1 My fellow Americans, please, if you have a seat
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2 take it.
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3 I speak to you tonight from sacred ground in America:
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Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
4 This is [[where America made its Declaration of Independence
+Dec3
to the world more than two centuries ago with an idea, unique
among nations]],
5 that in America, we’re all created equal.
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6 This is [[where the United States Constitution was written and
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debated]].
7 This is where we set in motion the most extraordinary
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experiment of self-government the world has ever known with
three simple words:
8 “We, the People.” “We, the People.”
9 These two documents and the ideas [[they embody]] — equality +Dec7
and democracy — are the rock upon which this nation is built.
10 They are [[how we became the greatest nation on Earth]].
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11 They are [[why, for more than two centuries, America has been
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a beacon to the world]].
12 But as I stand here tonight,
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13 equality and democracy are under assault.
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14 We do ourselves no favor to pretend otherwise.
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15 So tonight, I have come this place [[[where it all began to speak
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as plainly as I can to the nation about the threats || we face,
about the power || we have in our hands to meet these threats,
and about the incredible future || that lies in front of us]]]
16
if only we choose it.
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17 We must never forget:
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18 We, the people, are the true heirs of the American experiment
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[[that began more than two centuries ago]].
19
We, the people, have burning inside each of us the flame of
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liberty [[that was lit here at Independence Hall]] — a flame that
lit our way through abolition, the Civil War, Suffrage, the Great
Depression, world wars, Civil Rights.
20 That sacred flames still burns now in our time
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21 as we build an America [[that is more prosperous, free, and
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just]].
22 That is the work of my presidency,
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23 a mission I believe in with my whole soul.
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24 But first, we must be honest with each other and with
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ourselves.
25 Too much of what’s happening in our country today is not
normal.
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26 Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans represent an
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extremism [[that threatens the very foundations of our
republic]].
27 Now, I want to be very clear — (applause) — very clear up
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front:
28 Not every Republican, not even the majority of Republicans,
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are MAGA Republicans.
29 Not every Republican embraces their extreme ideology.
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30 I know
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31 because I’ve been able to work with these mainstream
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Republicans.
32 But there is no question [[that the Republican Party today is
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dominated, driven, and intimidated by Donald Trump and the
MAGA Republicans]],
33 and that is a threat to this country.
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34 These are hard things.
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35 But I’m an American President — not the President of red
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America or blue America, but of all America.
36 And I believe
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37 it is my duty — my duty to level with you, to tell the truth no
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matter how difficult, no matter how painful.
38 And here, in my view, is what is true.
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39 MAGA Republicans do not respect the Constitution.
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40 They do not believe in the rule of law.
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41 They do not recognize the will of the people.
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42 They refuse to accept the results of a free election.
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43 And they’re working right now,
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44 as I speak, in state after state to give power to decide elections
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in America to partisans and cronies, empowering election
deniers to undermine democracy itself.
45 MAGA forces are determined to take this country backwards
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— backwards to an America where there is no right to choose,
no right to privacy, no right to contraception, no right to marry
who you love.
46 They promote authoritarian leaders,
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47 and they fan the flames of political violence [[that are a threat
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to our personal rights, to the pursuit of justice, to the rule of
law, to the very soul of this country]].
48 They look at the mob [[that stormed the United States Capitol
+Dec42
on January 6th — brutally attacking law enforcement — not as
insurrectionists who placed a dagger to the throat of our
democracy]],
49 but they look at them as patriots.
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50 And they see their MAGA failure to stop a peaceful transfer of
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power after the 2020 election as preparation for the 2022 and
2024 elections.
51 They tried everything last time to nullify the votes of 81 million
+Dec45
people.
52 This time, they’re determined to succeed in thwarting the will
of the people.
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53 That’s [[why respected conservatives, like Federal Circuit
+Dec47
Court Judge Michael Luttig, has called Trump and the extreme
MAGA Republicans, quote, a “clear and present danger” to our
democracy]].
54 But while the threat to American democracy is real,
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55 I want to say as clearly as [[we can]]:
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56 We are not powerless in the face of these threats.
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57 We are not bystanders in this ongoing attack on democracy.
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58 There are far more Americans — far more Americans from
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every — from every background and belief [[[who reject the
extreme MAGA ideology || than those that accept it]]].
59 And, folks, it is within our power,
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60 it’s in our hands — yours and mine — to stop the assault on
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American democracy.
61 I believe
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62 America is at an inflection point — one of those moments
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[[that determine the shape of everything that’s to come after]].
63 And now America must choose:
64
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to move forward or to move backwards?
65 To build the future or obsess about the past?
66 To be a nation of hope and unity and optimism, or a nation of
fear, division, and of darkness?
67 MAGA Republicans have made their choice.
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68 They embrace anger.
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69 They thrive on chaos.
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70 They live not in the light of truth but in the shadow of lies.
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71 But together — together, we can choose a different path.
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72 We can choose a better path.
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73 Forward, to the future.
74 A future of possibility.
75 A future to build and dream and hope.
76 I know this nation.
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77 I know you, the American people.
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78 I know your courage.
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79 I know your hearts.
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80 And I know our history.
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81 This is a nation [[that honors our Constitution]].
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82 We do not reject it.
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83 This is a nation [[that believes in the rule of law]].
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84 We do not repudiate it.
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85 This is a nation [[that respects free and fair elections]].
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86 We honor the will of the people.
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87 We do not deny it.
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88 And this is a nation that rejects violence as a political tool.
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89 We do not encourage violence.
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90 We are still an America [[that believes in honesty and decency
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and respect for others, patriotism, liberty, justice for all, hope,
possibilities]].
91 We are still, at our core, a democracy.
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92 And yet history tells us [[that blind loyalty to a single leader
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and a willingness to engage in political violence is fatal to
democracy]].
93 For a long time, we’ve told ourselves that American democracy
is guaranteed,
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94
but it’s not.
95 We have to defend it, protect it, stand up for it — each and
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every one of us.
96 That’s [[why tonight I’m asking our nation to come together,
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unite behind the single purpose of defending our democracy
regardless of your ideology]].
97 We’re all called, by duty and conscience, to confront extremists
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[[who will put their own pursuit of power above all else]].
98 Democrats, independents, mainstream Republicans: We must be +Dec79
stronger, more determined, and more committed to saving
American democracy than MAGA Republicans are to — to
destroying American democracy.
99 We, the people, will not let anyone or anything tear us apart.
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100 Today, there are dangers around us we cannot allow to
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prevail.
101 We hear —
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102 you’ve heard it — more
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103 and more talk about violence as an acceptable political tool in
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this country.
104 It’s not.
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105 It can never be an acceptable tool.
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106 So I want to say this plain and simple:
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107 There is no place for political violence in America.
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108 Period.
109 None.
110 Ever.
111 We saw law enforcement brutally attacked on January the 6th.
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112 seen election officials, poll workers — many of them
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volunteers of both parties — subjected to intimidation and
death threats.
113 And — can you believe it? —
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114 FBI agents just doing their job as directed, facing threats to
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their own lives from their own fellow citizens.
115 On top of that, there are public figures — today, yesterday, and
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the day before — predicting and all but calling for mass
violence and rioting in the streets.
116 This is inflammatory.
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117 It’s dangerous.
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118 It’s against the rule of law.
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119 And we, the people, must say:
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120 This is not [[who we are]].
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121 Ladies and gentlemen, we can’t be pro-ex- — pro-ex- — pro-
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insurrectionist and pro-American.
123 They’re incompatible.
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124 We can’t allow violence to be normalized in this country.
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125 It’s wrong.
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126 We each have to reject political violence with — with all the
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moral clarity and conviction [[this nation can muster]].
127 Now.
128 We can’t let the integrity of our elections be undermined,
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129
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for that is a path to chaos.
130 Look,
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131 I know
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132 poli- — politics can be fierce and mean and nasty in America.
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133 I get it.
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134 I believe in the give-and-take of politics, in disagreement and
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debate and dissent.
135 We’re a big, complicated country.
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136 But democracy endures
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137 only if we, the people, respect the guardrails of the republic.
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138 Only if we, the people, accept the results of free and fair
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elections.
139 Only if we, the people, see politics not as total war but
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mediation of our differences.
140 Democracy cannot survive
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141 when one side believes
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there are only two outcomes to an election:
142 either they win
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143 or they were cheated.
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144 And that’s [[where MAGA Republicans are today]].
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145 They don’t understand [[what every patriotic American
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knows]]:
146 You can’t love your country only
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147 when you win.
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148 It’s fundamental.
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149 American democracy only works
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150 only if we choose to respect the rule of law and the institutions
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[[that were set up in this chamber behind me]],
151 only if we respect our legitimate political differences.
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152 I will not stand by and watch — I will not — the will of the
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American people be overturned by wild conspiracy theories and
baseless, evidence-free claims of fraud.
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153 I will not stand by and watch elections in this country stolen by
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people [[who simply refuse to accept that they lost]].
154 I will not stand by and watch the most fundamental freedom in
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this country — the freedom to vote and have your vote counted
— and — be taken from you and the American people.
155 Look,
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156 as your President, I will defend our democracy with every fiber
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of my being,
157 and I’m asking every American to join me.
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158 Throughout our history, America has often made the greatest
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progress coming out of some of our darkest moments, like
you’re hearing in that bullhorn.
159 I believe
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160
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we can
161 and we must do that again,
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162 and we are.
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163 MAGA Republicans look at America
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164 and see carnage and darkness and despair.
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165 They spread fear and lies
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166 lies told for profit and power.
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167 But I see a very different America — an America with an
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unlimited future, an America that is about to take off.
168 I hope
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169
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you see it as well.
170 Just look around.
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171 I believed
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172 we could lift America from the depths of COVID,
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173 so we passed the largest economic recovery package since
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
174 And today, America’s economy is faster, stronger [[than any
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other advanced nation in the world]].
175 We have more to go.
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176 I believed
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177 we could build a better America,
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178 so we passed the biggest infrastructure investment since
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President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
179 And we’ve now embarked on a decade of rebuilding the nation's
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roads, bridges, highways, ports, water systems, high-speed
Internet, railroads.
180 I believed
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181 we could make America safer,
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182 so we passed the most significant gun safety law since President +Dec140
Clinton.
183 I believed
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184
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we could go from being the highest cost of prescriptions in the
world to making prescription drugs and healthcare more
affordable,
185 so we passed the most significant healthcare reforms
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186 since President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act.
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187 And I believed
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188 we could create — we could create a clean energy future and
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save the planet,
189 so we passed the most important climate initiative ever, ever,
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ever.
190 The cynics and the critics tell us [[nothing can get done]],
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191 but they are wrong.
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192 There is not a single thing [[America cannot do]] — not a
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single thing beyond our capacity
193 if we do it together.
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194 It’s never easy.
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195 But we’re proving [[that in America, no matter how long the
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road, progress does come]].
196 Look,
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197 I know
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198
the last year — few years have been tough.
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199 But today, COVID no longer controls our lives.
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200 More Americans are working than ever.
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201 Businesses are growing.
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202 Our schools are open.
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203 Millions of Americans have been lifted out of poverty.
+Dec160
204 Millions of veterans once exposed to toxic burn pits will now
+Dec161
get what they deserve for their families and the compa- —
compensation.
205 American manufacturing has come alive across the Heartland,
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206 and the future will be made in America — (applause) — no
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matter what the white supremacists and the extremists say.
207 I made a bet on you, the American people,
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208 and that bet is paying off.
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209 Proving that from darkness — the darkness of Charlottesville,
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of COVID, of gun violence, of insurrection — we can see the
light.
210 Light is now visible.
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211 Light that will guide us forward not only in words, but in
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actions — actions for you, for your children, for your
grandchildren, for America.
212 Even in this moment, with all the challenges we face,
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213 I give you my word as a Biden:
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214 I’ve never been more optimistic about America’s future
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215 Not because of me, but because of who you are.
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216 We’re going to end cancer
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217
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as we know it.
218 Mark my words.
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219 We are going to create millions of new jobs in a clean energy
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economy.
220 We’re going to think big.
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221 We’re going to make the 21st century another American
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century
222 because the world needs us to.
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223 That’s [[where we need to focus our energy — not in the past,
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not on divisive culture wars, not on the politics of grievance]],
224 but on a future we can build together.
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225 The MAGA Republicans believe
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226
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that for them to succeed, everyone else has to fail.
227 They believe America —
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228 not like I believe about America.
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229 I believe
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230 America is big enough for all of us to succeed,
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231 and that is the nation [[we’re building: || a nation where no one
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is left behind]].
232 I ran for President
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233 because I believed
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234 we were in a battle for the soul of this nation.
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235 I still believe that to be true.
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236 I believe
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237
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the soul is the breath, the life, and the essence of [[who we
are]].
238 The soul is [[what makes us “us.”]]
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239 The soul of America is defined by the sacred proposition [[that
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all are created equal in the image of God]].
240 That all are entitled to be treated with decency, dignity, and
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respect.
241 That all deserve justice and a shot at lives of prosperity and
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consequence.
242 And that democracy — democracy must be defended,
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243 for democracy makes all these things possible.
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244 Folks, and it’s up to us.
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245 Democracy begins
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246 and will be preserved in we, the people’s, habits of heart, in our
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character:
247 optimism that is tested yet endures, courage that digs deep when
we need it, empathy that fuels democracy, the willingness to see
each other not as enemies but as fellow Americans.
248 Look,
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249 our democracy is imperfect.
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250 It always has been.
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251 Notwithstanding those folks you hear on the other side there.
252 They’re entitled to be outrageous.
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253 This is a democracy.
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254 But history and common sense — (applause) — good
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manners is nothing [[they’ve ever suffered from]].
255 But history and common sense tell us [[that opportunity,
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liberty, and justice for all are most likely to come to pass in a
democracy]].
256 We have never fully realized the aspirations of our founding,
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257
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but every generation has opened those doors a little wider to
include more people [[who have been excluded before]].
258 My fellow Americans, America is an idea — the most powerful
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idea in the history of the world.
259 And it beats in the hearts of the people of this country.
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260 It beats in all of our hearts.
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261 It unites America.
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262 It is the American creed.
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263 The idea that America guarantees that everyone be treated with
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dignity.
264 It gives hate no safe harbor.
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265 It installs in everyone the belief that no matter where you start
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in life, there’s nothing you can’t achieve.
266 That’s [[who we are]].
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267 That’s [[what we stand for]].
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268 That’s [[what we believe]].
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269 And that is precisely [[what we are doing: opening doors,
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creating new possibilities, focusing on the future]].
270 And we’re only just beginning.
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271 Our task is to make our nation free and fair, just and strong,
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noble and whole.
272 And this work is the work of democracy — the work of this
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generation.
273 It is the work of our time, for all time.
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274 We can’t afford to have — leave anyone on the sidelines.
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275 We need everyone to do their part.
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276 So speak up.
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277 Speak out.
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278 Get engaged.
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279 Vote,
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280 vote,
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281 vote.
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282 And if we all do our duty —
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283 if we do our duty in 2022 and beyond,
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284 then ages still to come will say we — all of us here —
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285 we kept the faith.
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286 We preserved democracy.
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287 We heeded our wor- — we —
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288 we heeded not our worst instincts but our better angels.
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289 And we proved [[that, for all its imperfections, America is still
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the beacon to the world, an ideal to be realized, a promise to be
kept]].
290 There is nothing more important, nothing more sacred, nothing
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more American.
291 That’s our soul.
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292 That’s [[who we truly are]].
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293 And that’s [[who must]] —
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294 we must always be.
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295 And I have no doubt — none –– [[[that this is who we will be
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and that we’ll come together as a nation]]].
296 That we’ll secure our democracy.
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297 That for the next 200 years, we’ll have [[what we had the past
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200 years: the greatest nation on the face of the Earth]].
298 We just need to remember who we are.
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299 We are the United States of America.
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300 The United States of America.
301 And may God protect our nation.
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302 And may God protect all those who stand watch over our
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democracy.
303 God bless you all.
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304 Democracy.
305
Thank you.
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