{"quotes":[{"text":"In reaffirming the greatness of our nation, we understand that greatness is never a given. It must be earned. Our journey has never been one of shortcuts or settling for less. It has not been the path for the faint-hearted, for those who prefer leisure over work, or seek only the pleasures of riches and fame. Rather, it has been the risk-takers, the doers, the makers of things -- some celebrated, but more often men and women obscure in their labor -- who have carried us up the long, rugged path towards prosperity and freedom.","author":"Barack Obama","tags":["achieving","greatness","inspirational","obama-speeches"],"id":37418,"author_id":"Barack+Obama"},{"text":"Prolific irony - For 8 years, the finger on the button that could end the world belonged to a president who couldn't pronounce the word 'nuclear.","author":"T. Rafael Cimino","tags":["america","americans","atomic-bomb","george-bush","nuclear","nuclear-weapons","obama","obama-speeches","political","political-philosophy","politicians","politics","republican","republicans","united-states"],"id":117573,"author_id":"T.+Rafael+Cimino"},{"text":"I do not pretend to understand the moral universe; the arc is a long one, my eye reaches but little ways; I cannot calculate the curve and complete the figure by the experience of sight, I can divine it by conscience. And from what I see I am sure it bends towards justice.","author":"Theodore Parker","tags":["arc-of-the-universe","atheism","barack-obama","justice","martin-luther-king-jr","morality","obama-inaguration","obama-speeches","preacher","sermons","slavery","unitarianism"],"id":454249,"author_id":"Theodore+Parker"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":3,"pages":1}}