His voice climbed in intensity as he got to the end of his pitch. Hewasn‘t a preacher, but he was definitely preaching something-a vision.
He was making a bid for our investment. The choice, as he saw it, wasthis: You give up or you work for change. "What‘s better for us?" Barackcalled to the people gathered in the room. "Do we settle for the world asit is, or do we work for the world as it should be?"
It was a phrase borrowed from a book he‘d read when he first startedout as an organizer, and it would stay with me for years. It was as closeas I‘d come to understanding what motivated Barack. The world as itshould be.
Next to me, the woman with the toddler on her lap all but exploded. "That‘s right!" she bellowed, finally convinced. "Amen!"
Amen, I thought to myself. Because I was convinced, too. - P118