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It was in this city that our founders declared America’s independence and our permanent mission to form a more perfect union. Neither Senator Obama nor I nor many of you were fully included in that vision, but we’ve been blessed by men and women in each generation who saw America not as it is, but as it could and should be. The abolitionists and the suffragists, the progressives and the union members, the civil rights leaders, all those who marched, protested and risked their lives because they looked into their children’s eyes and saw the promise of a better future.

Because of them, I grew up taking for granted that women could vote. Because of them, my daughter grew up taking for granted that children of all colors could attend school together. And because of them and because of you, this next generation will grow up taking for granted that a woman or an African American can be the president of the United States of America.

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We still have a lot of work ahead of us, but if you’re ready, I’m ready. I might stumble and I might get knocked down, but as long as you’ll stand with me I will always get right back up. Because for me, in the end, the question isn’t whether we can keep America’s promise, it’s whether we will keep America’s promise.

So let me ask you tonight - will we once again be the can-do nation, the nation that defies the odds and does the impossible?

Will we break the barriers and open the doors and lift up all of our people?

Will we reach out to the world and lead by the power of our ideals again?

Will we take back the White House and take back our country?

I believe with all of my heart that together we will turn promises into action, words will become solutions, hope will become reality, so my answer to any who doubt is “yes, we will.” - Hillary Rodham Clinton’s Election Day Remarks in Philadelphia, 2008/04/23 (emphases mine)

A sense of history. A sense of what we owe our forebears, what progress we’ve made, and the work we do to make the world better for the next generation. A vision of history that encompasses the past, present, and future and each individual’s part in it.