Congratulations to President Obama from Morehouse College National Alumni Association

US President Barack Obama arrives on stage after winning the 2012 US presidential election November 7, 2012 in Chicago.  IMAGE: WSJ.com

US President Barack Obama arrives on stage after winning the 2012 US presidential election November 7, 2012 in Chicago. IMAGE: WSJ.com

Congratulations, President Obama, on your re-election.  Members of the Morehouse College National Alumni Assocoation wish you well and offer you our prayers.

Here’s an excerpt from Barack Obama’s victory speech on November 7, 2012:

“What makes America exceptional are the bonds that hold together the most diverse nation on earth. The belief that our destiny is shared; that this country only works when we accept certain obligations to one another and to future generations. The freedom which so many Americans have fought for and died for come with responsibilities as well as rights. And among those are love and charity and duty and patriotism. That’s what makes America great.

And tonight, despite all the hardship we’ve been through, despite all the frustrations of Washington, I’ve never been more hopeful about our future. I have never been more hopeful about America. And I ask you to sustain that hope. I’m not talking about blind optimism, the kind of hope that just ignores the enormity of the tasks ahead or the roadblocks that stand in our path. I’m not talking about the wishful idealism that allows us to just sit on the sidelines or shirk from a fight.”

Please click here to go to the Wall Street Journal to read the transcript of his entire victory speech.

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