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We do big things.
What we can do is spark the creativity and imagination of our people.
Innovation doesn’t just change our lives. It is how we make our living.
No country has more successful companies, or grants more patents to inventors and entrepreneurs.
What’s more, we are the first nation to be founded for the sake of an idea.
It’s why our students don’t just memorize equations, but answer questions like “What do you think of that idea?
What would you change about the world?
What do you want to be when you grow up?”
The first step in winning the future is encouraging American innovation.
We need to out-innovate, out-educate, and out-build the rest of the world.
We’ll invest in biomedical research, information technology, and especially clean energy technology.
I believe we can. I believe we must.
We’re telling America’s scientists and engineers that if they assemble teams of the best minds in their fields,
and focus on the hardest problems in clean energy,
we’ll fund the Apollo projects of our time.
We need to teach our kids that it’s not just the winner of the Super Bowl who deserves to be celebrated,
but the winner of the science fair.
We do big things.
From the earliest days of our founding, America has been the story of ordinary people who dare to dream.
That’s how we win the future.
We’re a nation that says, “I might not have a lot of money, but I have this great idea for a new company.”
“I might not come from a family of college graduates, but I will be the first to get my degree.”
“I might not know those people in trouble, but I think I can help them, and I need to try.”
“I’m not sure how we’ll reach that better place beyond the horizon, but I know we’ll get there.
I know we will.”
We do big things.