We put our hands on the arc of history and we bent it toward a better day.

[topaz]

Carlisle, Massachusetts
November 4, 2008, 8:55am

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[agaran.livejournal.com]

Yeah, _that_ was a well-turned phrase.

[qwrrty.livejournal.com]

The quote from Martin Luther King Jr. (http://www.nathanielturner.com/martinlutherking.htm) has been on my mind for years, ever since Carol Mosely Braun (http://www.buddybuddy.com/mosely-1.html) borrowed it while addressing the Defense Of Marriage Act in 1996. Obama's grasp of history and his attention to detail continually amazes me.

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

I shivered when I heard that, yes. And that wasn't the only time.

I've seen history made. I helped make it. I can't believe it.

[qwrrty.livejournal.com]

You better believe it, honey. We are the ones we've been waiting for.

[agaran.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the citations, and yes, I agree that Obama is pretty clued as to history and context, even way beyond the perceptual boost that _anyone_ who followed W would get.