"In reaffirming the greatness of our nation, we understand that greatness is never a given. It must be earned. Our journey has never been one of short-cuts or settling for less. It has not been the path for the faint-hearted - for those who prefer leisure over work, or seek only the pleasures of riches and fame. Rather, it has been the risk-takers, the doers, the makers of things - some celebrated but more often men and women obscure in their labor, who have carried us up the long, rugged path towards prosperity and freedom.
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know that America is a friend of each nation and every man, woman, and child who seeks a future of peace and dignity, and that we are ready to lead once more.
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So let us mark this day with remembrance, of who we are and how far we have traveled. In the year of America’s birth, in the coldest of months, a small band of patriots huddled by dying campfires on the shores of an icy river. The capital was abandoned. The enemy was advancing. The snow was stained with blood. At a moment when the outcome of our revolution was most in doubt, the father of our nation ordered these words be read to the people:
"Let it be told to the future world...that in the depth of winter, when nothing but hope and virtue could survive...that the city and the country, alarmed at one common danger, came forth to meet [it]."
America. In the face of our common dangers, in this winter of our hardship, let us remember these timeless words. With hope and virtue, let us brave once more the icy currents, and endure what storms may come. Let it be said by our children’s children that when we were tested we refused to let this journey end, that we did not turn back nor did we falter; and with eyes fixed on the horizon and God’s grace upon us, we carried forth that great gift of freedom and delivered it safely to future generations."
Discurso de tomada de posse de Barack Obama como 44º Presidente dos Estados Unidos
Washington, 20 de Fevereiro de 2009
É uma realidade incontestável que Obama nos consegue inspirar.
Será a inspiração suficiente para conseguir fazer o mundo voltar a girar?
Será que Obama conseguirá apresentar resultados à altura das enormes expectativas que criou. Não acredito em Super Homens, mas cá estaremos para ver.
Uma coisa tenho como certa, olhando para a política portuguesa, Obama tem mais capacidade de mobilização e carisma num dedo, que qualquer um dos nossos chefes partidários em todo o corpo.
Não escrevi chefes por acaso. Há uma grande diferença entre ser chefe e ser líder.
E essa diferença chama-se CARISMA.
Portugal não tem ninguem com carisma há demasiados anos!
