How Barack Obama Prepared His Speech

Summation
"With hope and virtue, let us brave once more the icy currents, and endure what storms may come," the President said. "Let it be said by our children's children that when we were tested we refused to let this journey end, that we did not turn back nor did we falter; and with eyes fixed on the horizon and God's grace upon us, we carried forth that great gift of freedom and delivered it safely to future generations."

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