Words, Just Words

 4,859 total words (1,388 unique words)

used by Senator Barack Hussein Obama, Jr.

in his speech “A More Perfect Union”,

delivered Tuesday March 18, 2008

in Philadelphia, PA.

Sorted by frequency	#		Alphabetical	#
the	255		1787	1
and	202		21st	1
of	146		a	103
that	135		able	3
to	125		about	18
in	109		above	1
a	103		Absolutely	1
We	66		Accept	1
this	51		Access	1
for	46		accounting	1
is	43		Achieve	1
or	42		Achieved	1
I	40		achievement	1
not	40		acknowledging	1
our	40		Across	6
as	38		Action	2
have	36		Actions	1
black	34		addressed	1
who	33		advantage	1
my	31		affirmative	2
but	30		Afford	1
It	30		African	2
on	30		African-American	6
white	27		African-Americans	1
from	25		After	4
they	25		aftermath	2
at	24		Again	2
their	24		Against	3
with	24		Age	1
can	23		Ago	2
are	22		Ails	1
more	21		Alike	1
be	20		All	19
all	19		Alliances	1
was	19		Allies	2
about	18		Allow	1
by	17		Along	2
many	17		Already	4
one	17		Also	3
time	17		Always	5
were	17		Am	3
he	16		Amass	1
country	15		America	10
she	15		America’s	1
us	15		American	14
American	14		Americans	9
been	14		Among	1
has	14		Amplify	1
people	14		An	13
racial	14		And	202
Reverend	14		Anger	10
some	14		another	6
them	14		answer	1
an	13		anxious	1
children	13		any	3
every	13		anything	4
her	13		Anyway	1
those	13		are	22
What	13		aren’t	1
community	12		Army	1
me	12		around	3
do	11		arrived	1
so	11		as	38
story	11		Ashley	9
want	11		Asian	3
years	11		ask	1
America	10		asks	2
anger	10		aspect	1
campaign	10		aspirations	1
if	10		assembly	1
like	10		asserted	1
may	10		associate	1
men	10		assure	1
own	10		at	24
race	10		Atlanta	1
talk	10		attempt	1
than	10		attention	2
Americans	9		attitudes	1
Ashley	9		audacity	1
care	9		authorized	1
come	9		away	5
his	9		background	1
made	9		bad	1
man	9		Baia	1
never	9		band	1
no	9		bankruptcy	1
there	9		Baptist	1
together	9		baptized	1
when	9		Barack	1
will	9		barbershop	1
generation	8		based	1
had	8		basic	1
health	8		bawdy	1
him	8		be	20
how	8		beat	1
just	8		became	2
union	8		because	7
up	8		becoming	1
would	8		been	14
Wright	8		before	2
you	8		began	1
because	7		beginning	2
Did	7		begins	1
future	7		behind	1
generations	7		being	2
into	7		belief	2
make	7		beliefs	1
need	7		believe	6
once	7		belonged	1
only	7		benefits	1
other	7		bequeath	1
over	7		best	1
real	7		better	5
simply	7		between	5
way	7		beyond	2
where	7		bias	2
woman	7		binding	1
across	6		birthday	1
African-American	6		bitterness	2
another	6		black	34
believe	6		blacks	5
change	6		bleed	1
Church	6		blight	1
could	6		blocks	1
discrimination	6		blood	3
does	6		Board	1
education	6		bogus	1
election	6		bomber	1
fact	6		bondage	1
full	6		bones	1
hope	6		book	1
Let	6		both	1
means	6		bound	1
most	6		break	1
now	6		breeds	1
old	6		bright	1
out	6		bring	4
past	6		brother’s	1
perfect	6		brothers	1
same	6		brought	1
schools	6		brown	3
sermons	6		brutal	1
stories	6		bubble	1
through	6		build	1
too	6		building	1
women	6		builds	1
Wright’s	6		built	3
young	6		burdens	1
always	5		buried	1
away	5		bus	1
better	5		business	1
between	5		but	30
blacks	5		by	17
continue	5		called	1
Dreams	5		came	3
enough	5		campaign	10
experience	5		can	23
faith	5		can’t	1
heard	5		cancer	1
help	5		candidacy	4
helped	5		candidate	1
injustice	5		cannot	2
It’s	5		card	1
kids	5		care	9
problems	5		careers	1
racism	5		caricatures	1
say	5		caring	2
still	5		Carolina	3
then	5		carries	1
these	5		carrying	2
told	5		caused	2
welfare	5		ceiling	1
while	5		century	1
Why	5		challenges	3
within	5		change	6
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already	4		charged	1
anything	4		chasm	1
bring	4		cheap	1
candidacy	4		cheapest	1
day	4		cherish	1
didn’t	4		children	13
even	4		choice	3
everyone	4		chose	2
find	4		Christ	1
first	4		Christian	1
good	4		Christians	1
here	4		chronic	1
history	4		chronicling	1
issue	4		Church	6
its	4		church	2
jobs	4		churches	3
know	4		citizens	1
life	4		citizenship	1
must	4		city	1
nation	4		civil	3
nothing	4		claims	2
often	4		clap	1
opportunity	4		clapping	1
part	4		class	1
particularly	4		clawed	1
path	4		climate	1
reality	4		coalition	3
single	4		code	1
solve	4		college	1
twenty	4		colonies	1
understanding	4		color	2
until	4		come	9
view	4		comes	3
war	4		coming	1
we’ve	4		commanding	1
which	4		commentators	3
without	4		comments	3
words	4		committed	1
work	4		common	2
yet	4		communities	2
your	4		community	12
able	3		company	1
against	3		competition	1
also	3		complexities	1
am	3		complicity	1
any	3		concentrated	1
around	3		concerned	1
Asian	3		concerns	1
blood	3		condemn	1
brown	3		condemnation	1
built	3		condemned	1
came	3		condition	1
Carolina	3		Confederate	1
challenges	3		confess	1
choice	3		confessed	1
churches	3		conflict	1
civil	3		conflicts	1
coalition	3		conformed	1
comes	3		confront	1
commentators	3		conservative	2
comments	3		considered	1
Constitution	3		Constitution	3
course	3		constricted	1
cynicism	3		contains	2
different	3		continents	1
disown	3		continue	5
divisive	3		continuing	1
don’t	3		contradictions	1
doubt	3		contrary	2
economy	3		contributed	1
else	3		controversial	2
end	3		controversy	1
explain	3		convention	2
expressed	3		conventional	1
families	3		conversations	1
family	3		conviction	2
feel	3		convinced	1
former	3		core	1
gap	3		corners	2
get	3		corporate	1
great	3		corporation	1
hear	3		correctness	1
helps	3		costs	1
isn’t	3		could	6
justice	3		counterproductive	1
legacy	3		country	15
lives	3		couple	1
look	3		course	3
love	3		courtesy	1
memories	3		courts	1
might	3		cousins	1
mom	3		co-workers	1
moment	3		crank	1
move	3		create	1
overseas	3		creed	2
passed	3		crime	2
policies	3		criminal	1
political	3		cringe	1
politics	3		crisis	1
problem	3		critic	1
question	3		critics	1
really	3		cross	1
remarks	3		Crow	1
requires	3		cruelty	1
resentments	3		crumbling	1
right	3		cry	1
Room	3		culprits	1
run	3		culture	1
see	3		current	1
services	3		cycle	2
slavery	3		cynical	1
society	3		cynicism	3
somehow	3		dancing	1
South	3		daughters	1
spoke	3		David	1
statements	3		day	4
street	3		days	1
terms	3		dead	1
they’re	3		dealing	1
today	3		decency	1
Trinity	3		decent	1
Two	3		decided	1
ultimately	3		declaration	1
under	3		deeds	1
urban	3		deemed	1
voice	3		deeply	1
worked	3		deep-seated	1
World	3		defeat	1
year	3		defeated	1
Yes	3		define	1
action	2		deliver	1
affirmative	2		demagogue	1
African	2		demand	1
aftermath	2		demanding	1
again	2		democracy	1
ago	2		den	1
allies	2		denigrate	1
along	2		departments	1
asks	2		Depression	1
attention	2		derogatory	1
became	2		described	1
before	2		desire	1
beginning	2		despair	1
being	2		Despite	1
belief	2		destiny	1
beyond	2		devastating	1
bias	2		Did	7
bitterness	2		didn’t	4
cannot	2		different	3
caring	2		diligently	1
carrying	2		direction	1
caused	2		directly	1
chose	2		disagree	1
church?	2		disagreed	1
claims	2		discrimination	6
color	2		discussion	2
common	2		discussions	1
communities	2		dismiss	1
conservative	2		dismissed	1
contains	2		dismissing	1
contrary	2		disobedience	1
controversial	2		disown	3
convention	2		disparities	1
conviction	2		distorted	1
corners	2		distorts	1
creed	2		distracted	1
crime	2		distraction	1
cycle	2		distracts	1
discussion	2		divide	2
divide	2		divided	1
document	2		division	1
during	2		divisions	1
Earth	2		divisive	3
eat	2		do	11
economic	2		doctor	1
entire	2		document	2
equal	2		does	6
ethnic	2		doesn’t	1
evidence	2		doing	1
exist	2		domestic	1
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expense	2		don’t	3
exploited	2		doubt	3
face	2		doubtful	1
failed	2		Dr	1
fear	2		Dream	1
fears	2		Dreams	5
few	2		dry	1
fierce	2		dumped	1
fight	2		during	2
finally	2		ear	1
Flag	2		earlier	1
gives	2		early	1
gone	2		earned	1
got	2		Earth	2
grandmother	2		East	1
group	2		eat	2
Hispanics	2		Ebenezer	1
home	2		economic	2
I’m	2		economy	3
ideals	2		education	6
immigrant	2		effort	1
imperfect	2		either	1
inferior	2		elderly	1
inside	2		election	6
Instead	2		electoral	1
interests	2		elevates	1
investing	2		else	3
job	2		else’s	1
keeper	2		emanating	1
knew	2		embarking	1
lack	2		embedded	1
land	2		embodies	1
larger	2		embracing	1
last	2		Emergency	1
Latino	2		end	3
law	2		endemic	1
least	2		endless	1
leave	2		ends	1
legitimate	2		enforcement	1
less	2		enforcing	1
lines	2		enough	5
long	2		ensuring	1
loves	2		entire	2
march	2		entirety	1
Middle	2		episode	1
mistake	2		equal	2
morning	2		era	1
mother	2		erosion	1
much	2		escape	1
myself	2		ethnic	2
neighborhoods	2		even	4
next	2		eventually	1
obligations	2		ever	1
occasionally	2		every	13
one’s	2		everyone	4
pastor	2		evidence	2
patriots	2		excluded	1
perfected	2		excuse	1
perhaps	2		exercise	1
Philadelphia	2		exist	2
place	2		exists	2
play	2		exit	1
point	2		expense	2
police	2		expensive	1
politicians	2		experience	5
poor	2		experiment	1
possible	2		explain	3
powerful	2		exploited	2
provide	2		express	1
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providing	2		expression	1
questions	2		Ezekiel’s	1
rather	2		face	2
realize	2		facing	1
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reflect	2		fades	1
rights	2		failed	2
rooted	2		failings	1
roundtable	2		fairness	1
saw	2		faith	5
seen	2		fall	1
sees	2		falling	1
Segregated	2		families	3
self-help	2		family	3
serve	2		far	1
served	2		Farmers	1
serves	2		Father	1
set	2		fathers	1
shame	2		Faulkner	1
should’ve	2		favor	1
show	2		fear	2
sick	2		fears	2
signed	2		feed	1
since	2		feel	3
slaves	2		feeling	1
somebody	2		Ferraro	1
something	2		few	2
special	2		FHA	1
specific	2		field	1
stalemate	2		fierce	2
start	2		fifties	1
States	2		fifty	1
strongly	2		fight	2
such	2		file	1
sum	2		filled