Quotes by Amanda Gorman

We will not march back to what was,But move to what shall be:A country that is bruised but whole,Benevolent but bold.Fierce and free.

I can hear change hummingIn its loudest, proudest song.I don’t fear change coming and so I sing along.

I hum with a hundred hearts, each of us lifting a hand.I use my strengths and my smarts,take a knee to make a stand.

Because being American is more than a pride we inherit--It's the past we step into, and how we repair it.

For there is always light,If only we’re brave enough to see it.If only we’re brave enough to be it.

When day comes we step out of the shade, aflame and unafraid."

Our people diverse and beautiful will emerge, battered and beautiful.

We will rise from the gold-limbed hills of the west.

For while we have our eyes on the future, history has its eyes on us.

In this truth, in this faith we trust.

We must lay down our arms so we can reach out our arms to one another.

We are striving to forge a union with purpose.

Being American is more than a pride we inherit.

Our blunders become lessons learned.

Our future glows before us, golden.

The hill we climb if only we dare.

We will rebuild, reconcile, and recover in every known nook of our nation.

From sea to shining sea, we will rise.

We will rise from the sunbaked south.

We will rise from the south.

We will rise from the windswept northeast.

We will rise from the golden hills of the west.

A country that is bruised but whole, benevolent but bold, fierce and free.

We will not march back to what was, but move to what shall be.

When day comes we step out of the shade, aflame and unafraid.

Our people, diverse and beautiful, will emerge battered and beautiful.

And every known nook of our nation and every corner called our country, our people diverse and beautiful will emerge.

We will rebuild, reconcile, and recover.

We will rise from the lakes of the midwestern states, we will rise from the sunbaked south.

We will rise from the windswept northeast where our forefathers first realized revolution.

While democracy can be periodically delayed, it can never be permanently defeated.

We've seen a force that would shatter our nation rather than share it, would destroy our country if it meant delaying democracy.

Let the globe, if nothing else, say this is true: that even as we grieved, we grew.

Somehow we’ve weathered and witnessed a nation that isn’t broken, but simply unfinished.

We lay down our arms so we can reach out our arms to one another.

We will not be turned around or interrupted by intimidation.

Being American is more than a pride we inherit, it's the past we step into and how we repair it.

Even as we grieved, we grew.

The new dawn blooms as we free it, for there is always light.

We are striving to forge a union with purpose, to compose a country committed to all cultures, colors, characters and conditions of man.

For there is always light, if only we're brave enough to see it. If only we're brave enough to be it.

There is always light, if only we're brave enough to see it. If only we're brave enough to be it.