US President Barack Obama on Tuesday
night gave an emotional farewell speech to Americans. His speech
reviewed his legacy as he encouraged supporters demoralized by the
election of Republican Donald Trump to be optimistic about the future of
the country. Here are some top 10 quotes from his farewell speech:
1. I will be there beside you as a citizen for all my remaining days.
2. The work of democracy has always been hard, contentious
and sometimes bloody. For every two steps forward, it often feels we
take one step back. But the long sweep of America has been defined by
forward motion, a constant widening of our founding creed to embrace
all, and not just some.
3. Russia or China cannot match our (American) influence around the world unless we give up what we stand for.
4. I reject discrimination against Muslim Americans.
America wasn’t weakened by the presence of newcomers; they embraced this
nation’s creed and it was strengthened
5. No foreign terrorist organisation has managed to carry out an attack on US soil in the last eight years.
6. Change only happens when ordinary people become engaged and come together.
7. Yes we can, Yes we did, Yes we can
8. I am asking you to believe. Not in my ability to bring change, but in yours.
9. You were the change. You answered people’s hopes, and
because of you, by almost every measure, America is a better, stronger
place than it was when we started.
10. Democracy does not require uniformity. Our founders
quarrelled and compromised, and expected us to do the same. But they
knew that democracy does require a basic sense of solidarity – the idea
that for all our outward differences, we are all in this together; that
we rise or fall as one. (NAN)
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