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[oursin]

Yes, it's glorious when one of those moments that embodies a sense of change and hope happens, when the pendulum visibly swings and the glass stops falling hour by hour.

But what really matters is what happens after that: it's not the end, it's the beginning.

(E.g. the 'flapper vote', 1928, 10 years after the rather grudging concession of the vote

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[fallingtowers]

To quote from the man himself:

"You did it because you understand the enormity of the task that lies ahead. For even as we celebrate tonight, we know the challenges that tomorrow will bring are the greatest of our lifetime - two wars, a planet in peril, the worst financial crisis in a century. (...)

The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year or even in one term. (...)

This victory alone is not the change we seek. It is only the chance for us to make that change."

I really liked that bit.

[tree_and_leaf]

Yes - I was going to say that!

I think he's been reading Churchill, but you might as well learn from the best (as far as oratory goes, anyway!)