My fellow Americans, tonight we've gathered in this sacred space, a citadel of democracy,

in this capital, generation after generation Americans have debated great questions amid great strife,

and have done great things. We fought for freedom, expanded liberty,

debated totalitarianism and terror. We built the strongest, freest, and most prosperous nation

the world has ever known. Now is the hour. Our moment of responsibility, our test of resolve and

conscience of history itself, it is in this moment that our character of this generation

is formed. Our purpose is found. Our future is forged. Well, I know this nation.

We'll meet the test, protect freedom and liberty, expand fairness and opportunity.

And we will save democracy. As hard as those times have been, I'm more optimistic about America today than I've

been my whole life because I see the future that's within our grasp, because I know there's

simply nothing beyond our capacity. We're the only nation on earth that has always turned

every crisis we've faced into an opportunity. The only nation that can be defined by a single

word, possibilities. So on this night, on our 245th year as a nation, I've come to report on the

state of the nation, the state of the union. And my report is this. The State of the Union is strong because you,

the American people, are strong. We are stronger today. We are stronger today than we were a year

ago. And we'll be stronger a year from now than we are today.

This is our moment to meet and overcome the challenges of our time.

And we will, as one people, one America, the United States of America.

God bless you all, and may God protect our troops.

Thank you.

President Biden, closing out last night's State of the Union address,

vowing to save democracy.

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