Sentence examples for task of us from inspiring English sources

For they know that America moves forward only when we do so together; and that the responsibility of improving this union remains the task of us all.

Updated at 3.01am GMT 2.55am GMT Now This News has video of the top of the speech: Fifty-one years ago, John F. Kennedy declared to this Chamber that "the Constitution makes us not rivals for power but partners for progress…It is my task," he said, "to report the State of the Union – to improve it is the task of us all".

Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, fellow citizens: Fifty-one years ago, John F. Kennedy declared to this Chamber that "the Constitution makes us not rivals for power but partners for progress…It is my task," he said, "to report the State of the Union – to improve it is the task of us all".

"The American people don't expect government to solve every problem," Mr. Obama said, but they also know that "America moves forward only when we do so together, and that the responsibility of improving this union remains the task of us all".

It captures the enduring idea that this country only works when we accept certain obligations to one another and to future generations; that our rights are wrapped up in the rights of others; and that well into our third century as a nation, it remains the task of us all, as citizens of these United States, to be the authors of the next great chapter in our American story.

The following is the text as prepared for delivery of President Obama's State of the Union Address, as provided by the White House: Fifty-one yeago ago, John F. Kennedy declared to this Chamber that "the Constitution makes us not rivals for power but partners for progress…It is my task," he said, "to report the State of the Union – to improve it is the task of us all".

When aspiring to complete a particular project or task, many of us often look to examples of the greats that have come before us for a little guidance.

They assigned themselves the task of giving us culture.

David Shapero, an excellent bass, has the difficult task of making us believe in this particular Hermann Kafka.

Before the performance began, she took pleasure in her assigned task of reminding us to turn off our cellphones.

Nor are the elected MPs we do possess in Northern Ireland up to the task of representing us.