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Count of retweets plus favourites of @BarackObama's key phrases from the 2013 US Inauguration (one asterisk = 500 retweets+favourites) as of 10:42am PST on January 21st 2013. Source code: https://gist.github.com/4588259
************************************************* Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law. (6699fav/17845rt)
************************** Our journey is not complete until our wives, our mothers, and daughters can earn a living equal to their efforts. (3059fav/9974rt)
**************** Thank you, God Bless you, and may He forever bless these United States of America. (2191fav/5866rt)
*************** Our journey is not complete until all our children know that they are cared for, and cherished, and always safe from harm. (1743fav/5970rt)
************* Our journey is not complete until we find a better way to welcome the immigrants who still see America as a land of opportunity. (1774fav/5016rt)
************ We have always understood that when times change, so must we. —President Obama (1422fav/5049rt)
************ We, the people, declare today that the most evident of truths—that all of us are created equal—is the star that guides us still. (1418fav/4789rt)
********** We must act, knowing that our work will be imperfect. —President Obama (1288fav/4119rt)
********* We, the people, understand that our country cannot succeed when a shrinking few do very well and a growing many barely make it. (1073fav/3856rt)
********* We do not believe that in this country, freedom is reserved for the lucky, or happiness for the few. (1152fav/3746rt)
******** Let us answer the call of history, and carry into an uncertain future that precious light of freedom. —President Obama (1075fav/3338rt)
******** We are made for this moment, and we will seize it—so long as we seize it together. —President Obama (981fav/3066rt)
******* We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations. (962fav/3007rt)
******* We cannot mistake absolutism for principle, or substitute spectacle for politics, or treat name-calling as reasoned debate. (960fav/2746rt)
******* Now, more than ever, we must do these things together, as one nation and one people. —President Obama (792fav/2780rt)
****** You and I, as citizens, have the power to set this country’s course. (784fav/2445rt)
****** We, the people, still believe that enduring security and lasting peace do not require perpetual war. (827fav/2386rt)
****** Each time we gather to inaugurate a president, we bear witness to the enduring strength of our Constitution. —President Obama (751fav/2454rt)
***** Our journey is not complete until no citizen is forced to wait for hours to exercise the right to vote. (798fav/2149rt)
***** We made ourselves anew, and vowed to move forward together. —President Obama (657fav/2261rt)
***** A decade of war is now ending. An economic recovery has begun. —President Obama (712fav/1993rt)
***** We, the people, still believe that every citizen deserves a basic measure of security and dignity. —President Obama (679fav/1989rt)
***** Together, we resolved that a great nation must care for the vulnerable, and protect its people from life’s worst hazards and misfortune. (616fav/2018rt)
***** Decisions are upon us, and we cannot afford delay. (586fav/1974rt)
**** You and I, as citizens, have the obligation to shape the debates of our time. (600fav/1820rt)
**** America’s possibilities are limitless, for we possess all the qualities that this world without boundaries demands. —President Obama (575fav/1822rt)
**** We will show the courage to try and resolve our differences with other nations peacefully. (566fav/1542rt)
**** We, the people, still believe that our obligations as Americans are not just to ourselves, but to all posterity. (545fav/1457rt)
*** We will defend our people and uphold our values through strength of arms and rule of law. —President Obama (434fav/1159rt)
** This generation of Americans has been tested by crises that steeled our resolve and proved our resilience. —President Obama (353fav/1064rt)
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