(inspired by the ‘Yes we can’ powerpoint slides…)
- act – not only to create new jobs, but to lay a new foundation for growth
- build the roads and bridges, the electric grids and digital lines that feed our commerce and bind us together
- restore science to its rightful place, and wield technology’s wonders to raise health care’s quality and lower its cost
- harness the sun and the winds and the soil to fuel our cars and run our factories
- transform our schools and colleges and universities to meet the demands of a new age
- begin to responsibly leave Iraq to its people
- work tirelessly to lessen the nuclear threat, and roll back the spectre of a warming planet
- [To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent], extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist
- [for those who seek to advance their aims by inducing terror and slaughtering innocents], defeat you
We Will Not…
- give [those ideals] up for expedience’s sake
- apologise for our way of life, nor will we waver in its defence