And each of us is here only because at some point in our lives a teacher changed our life trajectory.

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Not just our parents, but our neighbors and our communities and our houses of worship and our VFW halls. (Applause.) Each of us is here because we had a country that was willing to invest in things like community colleges and universities, and scientific research and medicine, and caring for our veterans.

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Each of us is only here because somebody looked out for us.

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Each of us is only here because somebody, somewhere, had our backs.

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Each of us is only here because somebody somewhere felt a responsibility to the country and people felt a responsibility to each other.

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Now, each of us is only here because somebody, somewhere, felt responsibility not only for themselves, but also for their community and for their country.

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Each of us is only here because somebody somewhere felt a responsibility to each other and to our country and helped to create all this incredible opportunity that we call the United States of America.

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"All of us here care about each other, " she says.

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And each of us needs to face the reality that no one gets out of here alive.

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Because all of us up here, all those people back there, we believe in each and every one of you.

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