Will this quote stand the test of time?

[liberal N proud]

"My fellow Americans, we are made for this moment, and we will seize it - so long as we seize it together. For we, the people, understand that our country cannot succeed when a shrinking few do very well and a growing many barely make it."

PRESIDENT OBAMA

Will it be one of those famous quotes we hear in sound bites from this point forward?

[Berlum]

1. Made for this moment in this thread

(by someone out there on the Intertubes - aha, it's the Barack Obama page on Facebook)

[quinnox]

2. no, I don't think so

It is a good line, but hall of fame material? I don't see it.

[tridim]

6. It would have been had he delivered it before 24/7 media and the Internet

It's almost impossible to cement a famous quote these days. It's kind of a shame.

That said, I believe this quote is equally important as Kennedy's "Ask Not" speech.

[quinnox]

10. huh, we all have different reactions

but no, I don't see anything special about that quote.

And in reference to JFK famous quote, I know that is very memorable. But as to what it actually means, I don't like that either, in that to me it is appealing to patriotism and authoritarianism. Honestly, politicians in general really don't say profound or meaningful things by and large, in my opinion.

[aristocles]

3. No n/t

[Brickbat]

4. I don't think so.

[pampango]

5. It's a great quote focusing on "we are all in this together" rather than pitting 'us' vs 'them'.

Maybe it's because it so recent but it does not seem to have the ring that will endure forever. Of course, some famous quotes from FDR, JFK, Lincoln and many others may not have been instantly appreciated but increased in popularity as time went on.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

9. Lincoln thought the Gettysburg Address was a failure after he gave it.

So yeah, these things do take time.

I was always impressed by Clinton's "There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be fixed by what is right with America" quote from his 1st Innaugural, but truth be told, that quote didn't stand out when I first heard the address live.

[Egalitarian Thug]

7. It could if he were pushing for policies to make it happen, unfortunately he doesn't. n/t

[RC]

8. Did Obama write it, or did his speech writer?

To me, it sounds like his speech writer wrote it.