Above all, Brazil's strength is a democracy that has yielded broad political continuity and economic stability.

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"It is this necessary devotion to impact that is unravelling standards, driving them down, making the diversity of the media not the strength it should be but an impulsion towards sensation above all else, " he said.

BBC: Analysis

Above all, we are a nation whose strength abroad has been anchored in opportunity for our citizens here at home.

WHITEHOUSE: President Obama Addresses the Nation

Above all, I am confident that Japan will recover and rebuild because of the strength and spirit of the Japanese people.

WHITEHOUSE: Standing with Japan