we are the people like stan hughes wrote of -- langston hughes wrote of.e are the people emerson wrote of whom for truth and honor's long,tand fast and suffer nor never tired so long as we can see far enough. that is what america is. not stock photos or airbrushed history or feeble attempts to define some of us as more american than the others. [applause] we respect the path but we don't pine for the past. we don't fear the future. we grab for it. america is not some fragile thing. , containing multitudes. we are boisterous and diverse and full of energy, perpetually young in spirit. that is why someone like john lewis at 25 could lead a march. that is what the young people here today and listening all across the country must take away from this day. you are america. unconstrained by habit and convention, unencumbered by what is because you are ready to seize what ought to be. this countrye in there are first steps to be taken. there is new ground to cover. the armoire bridges to be crossed. are more bridges to be crossed. and it is you, the most diverse a