We'll recover from this recession, but it will take time, it will take patience, and it will take an understanding that, when we all work together, when each of us looks beyond our own short-term interest to the wider set of obligations we have towards each other, that's when we succeed, that's when we prosper, and that's what is needed right now.

CNN: Transcript: Obama says there are no quick fixes

And conservatives are right to remind moderates that Republicans only succeed when we rally around clear principles.

WSJ: How Republicans Can Build a Big-Tent Party

When everybody is doing well, when everybody has opportunity, then we all succeed and the country moves forward.

WHITEHOUSE: The White House

During American Education Week, we recommit to keeping the promise of education alive for this generation and the next, because when we give our children the best chance to succeed, there is no telling what they might accomplish.

WHITEHOUSE: The White House

We can only succeed when our people can act quickly and flexibly.

UN: Secretary-General

For we, the people, understand that our country cannot succeed when a shrinking few do very well and a growing many barely make it.

BBC: Obama inauguration: Full text

"We, the people, understand that our country cannot succeed when a shrinking few do very well and a growing many barely make it, " he said.

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