President Obama Speaks at the Edmund Pettus Bridge

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President Obama Speaks at the Edmund Pettus Bridge
Streamed live on Mar 7, 2015

Live from Selma, Alabama. President Obama will speak at the Edmund Pettus Bridge to mark the 50th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery marches.

The full video will be posted to www.whitehouse.gov/videos momentarily.

TRANSCRIPT (as prepared for delivery): http://theuptake.org/2015/03/07/live-video-obama-speaks-in-selma-to-mark-50th-anniversary-of-civil-rights-march/

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1. Wonderful speech.

applause:

[Fred Sanders]

2. Zane Grey: A Recipe for Greatness -

"Recipe for greatness?

To bear up under loss, to fight the bitterness of defeat and the weakness of grief, to be victor over anger, to smile when tears are close, to resist evil men and base instincts, to hate hate and to love love, to go on when it would seem good to die, to seek ever after the glory and the dream, to look up with unquenchable faith in something evermore about to be, that is what any man can do, and so be great."

Zane Grey

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"The man who is anybody and who does anything is surely going to be criticized, vilified, and misunderstood. This is a part of the penalty for greatness, and every great man understands it; and understands, too, that it is no proof of greatness. The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure contumely without resentment."

Elbert Green Hubbard

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3. Thank you for posting the video and transcript, pw.

I was looking to see if someone had posted it, I missed it because of work.

Tears~ What an amazing speech.