“It’s up to us to leave those instruments of our democracy at least as strong as we found them.”
Regardless of party or alliance, it's tradition that the outgoing president writes a note to the incoming president, welcoming him to the office and offering words of advice and encouragement.
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It is one of the last things that an outgoing president does.
You can read George W. Bush's letter to Obama and Bill Clinton's letter to George W. Bush here.
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First, we've both been blessed, in different ways, with great good fortune. Not everyone is so lucky. It's up to us to do everything we can (to) build more ladders of success for every child and family that's willing to work hard.
Second, American leadership in this world really is indispensable. It's up to us, through action and example, to sustain the international order that's expanded steadily since the end of the Cold War, and upon which our own wealth and safety depend.
Third, we are just temporary occupants of this office. That makes us guardians of those democratic institutions and traditions — like rule of law, separation of powers, equal protection and civil liberties — that our forebears fought and bled for. Regardless of the push and pull of daily politics, it's up to us to leave those instruments of our democracy at least as strong as we found them.
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