President Obama: For the world has changed, and we must change with it.

A “word cloud” of Obama’s speech, courtesy of multimedia designer Erica Smith.

Here’s a link to the full text of the speech.

What grabbed me most

To the people of poor nations, we pledge to work alongside you to make your farms flourish and let clean waters flow; to nourish starved bodies and feed hungry minds.  And to those nations like ours that enjoy relative plenty, we say we can no longer afford indifference to suffering outside our borders; nor can we consume the world's resources without regard to effect.  For the world has changed, and we must change with it.

Comments

[cheryl]

i was - not totally by my own will - watching the inauguration on this side of the world at 3.30 this morning... it seems so big, so overwhelming; one of those sacramental moments that is much, much more than the sum of its parts. thank god.

[Jacob Vanhorn]

That is a pretty great quote.

[Happy]

those words are humbling to eat.