{"id":284431,"date":"2018-09-11T17:06:46","date_gmt":"2018-09-11T17:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2018\/09\/11\/atlinmerrick-you-can-make-it-better-better-is\/"},"modified":"2018-09-11T17:06:46","modified_gmt":"2018-09-11T17:06:46","slug":"atlinmerrick-you-can-make-it-better-better-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2018\/09\/11\/atlinmerrick-you-can-make-it-better-better-is\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

atlinmerrick<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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\u201cYou can make it better. Better is always worth fighting for.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u2014 <\/p>\n

Barack Obama, 7 September 2018<\/p>\n

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Better is good<\/b>. I used to have to tell my young staff this all the time in the white house. Better is good. That\u2019s the history of progress in this country. Not perfect, better. <\/i>The civil rights act didn\u2019t end racism, but it made things <\/i>better. Social security didn\u2019t eliminate all poverty for seniors, but it made things <\/i>better for millions of people.<\/i><\/b> Do not let people tell you the fight\u2019s not worth it because you won\u2019t get everything that you want. The idea that, well, you know, there\u2019s racism in America, so I\u2019m not going to bother voting, no point, that makes no sense. <\/i>You can make it better. Better is always worth fighting for.<\/b> That\u2019s how our founders expected this system of self-government to work. Through the testing of ideas and the application of reason and evidence and proof, we could sort through our differences, and <\/i>nobody would get exactly what they wanted, but it would be possible to find a basis for common ground. And that common ground exists.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

You can read the full transcript on Vox.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

(via veggiezombiex<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

atlinmerrick: \u201cYou can make it better. Better is always worth fighting for.\u201d \u2014 Barack Obama, 7 September 2018 Better is good. I used to have to tell my young staff this all the time in the white house. Better is good. That\u2019s the history of progress in this country. Not perfect, better. The civil rights … <\/p>\n

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