When Barack Obama in February, 2007 announced his candidacy for the U.S. presidency, he cited the 16th president. Abraham Lincoln, Obama said, “tells us there is power in words.” During the two years that followed, Obama proved the truth of Lincoln’s vision.

As he addressed crowds gathered at sites from Lincoln’s own Springfield, Illinois, to Berlin, Germany, the young Senator was compared to Ronald Reagan, John F. Kennedy, and other great Americans whose words earned them the respect, affection, and loyalty of their countrymen.

These pages share President Obama’s words with our global readership. This book includes the complete text of the 44th President’s Inaugural Address. Also featured are extended excerpts from eight other significant campaign and pre-presidential speeches. It is our hope that while the book itself is small, readers will discover that the vision captured in its pages is large.

“To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history; but that we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist.”

“Tonight we proved once more that the true strength of our nation comes not from the might of our arms or the scale of our wealth, but from the enduring power of our ideals: democracy, liberty, opportunity, and unyielding hope.”

“The walls between old allies on either side of the Atlantic cannot stand ... The walls between races and tribes; natives and immigrants; Christian and Muslim and Jew cannot stand. These now are the walls we must tear down…”

“I will focus this strategy on five goals: ending the war in Iraq responsibly; finishing the fight against al Qaeda and the Taliban; securing all nuclear weapons and materials from terrorists and rogue states; achieving true energy security; and rebuilding our alliances to meet the challenges of the 21st century.”

“For me, patriotism is always more than just loyalty to a place on a map or a certain kind of people. Instead, it is also loyalty to America’s ideals – ideals for which anyone can sacrifice, or defend, or give their last full measure of devotion.”

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Executive Editor: George Clack
Editor-in-Chief: Michael Jay Friedman
Managing Editor: Raphael Calis
Photo Researcher: Maggie Johnson Sliker
Designer: Tim Brown
Cover photo: President Barack Obama prepares to give his Inaugural Address.

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Complete Text
The Remaking of America
The Inaugural Address, January 20, 2009

Extended Excerpts
Change Has Come To America
Election Night Remarks, November 4, 2008
A World That Stands As One
Remarks in Berlin, Germany, July 24, 2008
A New Strategy for a New World
Rebuilding Our Alliances, July 15, 2008
The America We Love
Independence, Missouri, June 30, 2008
A More Perfect Union
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 18, 2008
Announcement for President
Springfield, Illinois, February 10, 2007
The 2004 Democratic National Convention
July 27, 2004
Remarks Against Going to War with Iraq
October 2, 2002

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