English subtitles for clip: File:2014-11-27 President Obama's Weekly Address.webm

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The President: On behalf
of the Obama family --

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Michelle, Malia, Sasha,
Bo, and Sunny --

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I want to wish you a
very happy Thanksgiving.

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Like many of you, we'll
spend the day with

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family and friends,
catching up, eating some

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good food and watching
a little football.

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Before we lift a fork,
we lend a hand by going

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out in the community to
serve some of our

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neighbors in need.

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And we give thanks
for each other,

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and for all of
God's blessings.

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Thanksgiving is my
favorite holiday because,

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more than any other, it
is uniquely American.

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Each of us brings our own
traditions and cultures

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and recipes to the table --
but we all share this day,

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united by the gratitude for
the bounty of this nation.

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And we welcome the
contributions of all people --

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no matter their origin or
color or beliefs --

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who call America home,
and who enrich the life

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of our nation.

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It is a creed as old
as our founding:

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"E pluribus unum" -- that
our of many, we are one.

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We are reminded that
this creed, and America

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itself, was never
an inevitability,

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but the result of ordinary
people in every generation

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doing their part to uphold
our founding ideals --

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by taking the
blessings of freedom,

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and multiplying them for
those who would follow.

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As President Kennedy once
wrote, even as we give

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thanks for all that we've
inherited from those

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who came before us --
"the decency of purpose,

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steadfastness of resolve
and strength of will,

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for the courage
and the humility,

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which they possessed," we
must also remember that

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"the highest appreciation
is not to utter words

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but to live by them."

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Today, we are grateful to all
Americans who do their part

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to live by those ideals,
including our brave men

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and women in uniform
overseas and their families,

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who sacrifice so much
to keep America safe.

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To our service members
who are away from home,

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we say an extra prayer for
you and your loved ones,

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and we renew our
commitment to take care

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of you as well as you've
taken care of us.

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We are grateful to the
countless Americans who

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serve their communities in
soup kitchens and shelters,

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looking out for those
who are less fortunate,

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and lifting up those who
have fallen on hard times.

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This generosity,
this compassion,

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this belief that we are
each other's keepers,

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is essential to who we
are, not just on this day,

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but every day.

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It's easy to focus
on what separates us.

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But as we gather with loved
ones on this Thanksgiving,

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let's remember and be grateful
for what binds us together.

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Our love of country.

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Our commitment to
justice and equality.

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Our belief that America's
best days are ahead,

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and that her destiny
is ours to shape --

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and that our
inherited ideals must

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be the birthright of
all of our children.

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That's what today is all
about: that out of many,

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we are one.

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Thank you, God bless
you, and from my family

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to yours, Happy
Thanksgiving.