"Words themselves are power."
"Because the United States, as a nation, is fundamentally a castle in the air built from words like the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution."
"It captures thoughts and tames them. It takes the chaotic, formless, primitive desires in the minds of millions and forcibly compresses them into a single container."
"We build consensus through language."
"We make three hundred million people believe they belong to the same community, willing to die for the same abstract concept."
"We use these illusory words to drive real flesh and blood to charge forward, to build, to sacrifice."
"Lincoln spoke for only two minutes at Gettysburg, but in those two minutes, he redefined a civil war that had killed hundreds of thousands."
"I did the same. I sat in my wheelchair, spoke into a microphone, and used my voice to build a bridge of confidence in the air."
"Now, Murphy has learned this magic as well."
"And that is why he won."
