– I revere this office, but I love my country more.
– But in the defense of democracy, which is at stake, I think it’s more important than any title.
– It’s about you, your families, your futures. It’s about we the people, and we can never forget that. And I never have.
– America is at an inflection point, the decisions we make now will determine our fate of our nation and the world for decades to come.
America is going to have to choose between moving forward or backward
– We have to decide, do we still believe in honesty, decency, respect, freedom, justice and democracy?
– In this moment, we can see those we disagree with not as enemies, but as fellow Americans. Can we do that? Does character in public life still matter?
. And the truth, the sacred cause of this country, is larger than any one of us, and those of us who cherish that cause cherish it so much, a cause of American democracy itself must unite to protect it.
– Nothing can come in the way of saving our democracy, and that includes personal ambition.
– Best way forward is to pass the torch to a new generation. That’s the best way to unite our nation. I
I’ll be focused on doing my job as president.
– I’ll continue to lower costs for hard-working families
– grow our economy.
– defending our personal freedoms and our civil rights. I’ll keep calling out hate and extremism,
And I will keep fighting for my for my cancer moonshot, so we can end cancer as we know it because we can do it.
I’m the first president in this century to report to the American people that the United States is not at war anywhere in the world.
– We’ll keep rallying a coalition of proud nations to stop Putin from taking over Ukraine and doing more damage.
– We’ll keep NATO stronger, and I’ll make it more powerful and more united than at any time in all of our history. I’ll keep doing the same for allies in the Pacific.
– bring home Americans being unjustly detained all around the world.
-. We were in the grip of the worst pandemic in the century, the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, the worst attack on our democracy since the Civil War, but we came together as Americans, and we got through it.
– We emerged stronger, more prosperous and more secure.
Today, we have the strongest economy in the world, creating nearly 16 million new jobs — a record.
– Wages are up
– inflation continues to come down,
– the racial wealth gap is the lowest it’s been in 20 years.
– We finally beat Big Pharma after all these years, to lower the cost of prescription drugs for seniors, and I’m going to keep fighting to make sure we lower the cost for everyone, not just seniors.
More people have health care today in America than ever before.
– And I signed laws helping millions of veterans and their families who were exposed to toxic materials.
– You know, the most significant climate law ever, ever in the history of the world, the first major gun safety law in 30 years.
– And today, violent crime rate is at a 50-year low.
– America is an idea, an idea stronger than any army, bigger than any ocean, more powerful than any dictator or tyrant.
– We’re all created equal, endowed by our creator with certain inalienable rights, life, liberty, pursuit of happiness.
– I would like to thank our great Vice President Kamala Harris. She’s experienced, she’s tough, she’s capable.
When you make that choice, remember the words of Benjamin Franklin. , Franklin’s response was “a republic, if you can keep it.” A republic if you can keep it. Whether we keep our republic is now in your hands.
My fellow Americans, it’s been the privilege of my life to serve this nation for over 50 years.
We are a nation of promise and possibilities, of dreamers and doers, of ordinary Americans doing extraordinary things. I’ve given my heart and my soul to our nation, like so many others. I’ve been blessed a million times in return with the love and support of the American people. I hope you have some idea how grateful I am to all of you.
The great thing about America is here kings and dictators do not rule, the people do. History is in your hands. The power is in your hands. The idea of America lies in your hands. We just have to keep faith, keep the faith and remember who we are. We’re the United States of America and there’s simply nothing, nothing beyond our capacity when we do it together.
So let’s act together, preserve our democracy. God bless you all and may God protect our troops. Thank you.
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