We all went for a pre-birthday train ride with Nana, Pop-pop, Grammy K, and Papa John - Arlo's first ride on a REAL train. Of course the motion put Arlo to sleep within half an hour! (It was momma's first train ride too, aside from the subway)
"Hope -- Hope in the face of difficulty. Hope in the face of uncertainty. The audacity of hope! In the end, that is God’s greatest gift to us, the bedrock of this nation. A belief in things not seen. A belief that there are better days ahead." -BARACK OBAMA, speech, 2004 DNC Convention
"The true test of the American ideal is whether we’re able to recognize our failings and then rise together to meet the challenges of our time. Whether we allow ourselves to be shaped by events and history, or whether we act to shape them. Whether chance of birth or circumstance decides life’s big winners and losers, or whether we build a community where, at the very least, everyone has a chance to work hard, get ahead, and reach their dreams." -BARACK OBAMA, speech, Jun. 4, 2005
"Americans ... still believe in an America where anything's possible -- they just don't think their leaders do." -BARACK OBAMA, fundraising letter, Sep. 1, 2006
"What Washington needs is adult supervision." -BARACK OBAMA, fundraising letter, Oct. 2006
"Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek." -BARACK OBAMA, speech, Feb. 5, 2008
"Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. And it will leave you unfulfilled." -BARACK OBAMA, speech, Jul. 12, 2006
"If we aren't willing to pay a price for our values, then we should ask ourselves whether we truly believe in them at all." -BARACK OBAMA, The Audacity of Hope
"The country is not as polarized as our politics would suggest." -BARACK OBAMA, interview, Oct. 27, 2006
"When we send our young men and women into harm's way, we have a solemn obligation not to fudge the numbers or shade the truth about why they're going, to care for their families while they're gone, to tend to the soldiers upon their return, and to never ever go to war without enough troops to win the war, secure the peace, and earn the respect of the world." -BARACK OBAMA, speech at 2004 Democratic Convention
"No one is pro-abortion." -BARACK OBAMA, speech, Oct. 5, 2004
"We should never forget that God granted us the power to reason so that we would do His work here on Earth - so that we would use science to cure disease, and heal the sick, and save lives." -BARACK OBAMA, speech, Dec. 1, 2006
"Most people who meet my wife quickly conclude that she is remarkable. They are right about this. She is smart, funny and thoroughly charming. Often, after hearing her speak at some function or working with her on a project, people will approach me and say something to the effect of, you know, I think the world of you, Barack, but your wife, wow!" -BARACK OBAMA, The Audacity of Hope
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