So today, I want you to know that as you work to lift up your families, your communities, your countries and your world, know that you are never alone.

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You are never alone.

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Except while driving a car, we are almost never alone with our thoughts for any length of time.

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But we are here today because these Americans in uniform have never served alone -- not at Lexington, not at Concord, not in Iraq, not in Afghanistan.

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Without evaluating how well the standards are implemented and how well they allow teachers to adjust lesson plans, standards alone will never tell the full picture.

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It seems that things are never quite perfect enough these days for the Federal Communications Commission to elect to leave competitive communications markets alone.

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They are young people from the country who have never been away from home, working long hours, and feeling alone and vulnerable.

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Suddenly, you feel like you are not alone if you struggle with credit card debt or sometimes you spend too much, or you simply never seem to earn enough.

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