How we cite our quotes: (Paragraph.Sentence)
Quote #4
To the people of poor nations, we pledge to work alongside you to make your farms flourish and let clean waters flow; to nourish starved bodies and feed hungry minds. (24.1)
President Obama places America in a global context here. The country is part of a community of nations around the world, some of which are experiencing problems the United States hasn't had to face, at least not on the same scale. Obama wants to reach out to developing countries and help them thrive.
Quote #5
For as much as government can do, and must do, it is ultimately the faith and determination of the American people upon which this nation relies. It is the kindness to take in a stranger when the levees break, the selflessness of workers who would rather cut their hours than see a friend lose their job which sees us through our darkest hours. (26.3-4)
Community is just something that Americans are intrinsically all about. As examples of this selfless, team-player attitude, Obama references workers banding together and taking pay cuts to save their coworkers' jobs, and people literally opening their homes to strangers with nowhere to go after Hurricane Katrina. We guess that last one could be a reference to Led Zeppelin's "When the Levee Breaks." But we're pretty sure it's Katrina.