President Barack Obama just addressed the nation one last time as the outgoing Commander in Chief. After eight years in the White House, he delivered his farewell speech in the McCormick Place convention center in Chicago, Illinois. “Hello Chicago, it’s good to be home,” he began.

Illinois is the state where Obama launched his political career, first as a community organizer then as a state senator. His podium tonight stood just miles from Grant Park, where the nation’s first black president delivered his historic victory speech in 2008. Tonight, he quoted the first presidential farewell delivered by George Washington.

“We should reject ‘the first dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion of our country from the rest or to enfeeble the sacred ties’ that make us one,” Obama said. He chastised the audience for booing when he mentioned president-elect Donald Trump. President Obama will leave office in 10 days. And in his speech tonight, he celebrated the peaceful transfer of power.

Instead of throwing shade at his Republican successor, who first gained political clout by spreading rumors that the president might have been born in Africa, Obama outlined three core threats to American democracy and a multitude of reasons we should all stay optimistic.

The threats he named are economic inequality, racism and partisan divisions. “Protecting our way of life requires more than our military. Democracy can buckle when we give in to fear,” Obama said. “That’s why I reject discrimination against Muslim Americans, who are just as patriotic as we are.”

His speech honored slaves who navigated the underground railroad, immigrants, refugees, suffragettes, soldiers and civil rights activists as harbingers of patriotic change. He urged Americans to get out of their comfort zones, look beyond their “personal bubble” of likeminded social media followers, and work together with their rivals.

“For white Americans, it means acknowledging that the effects of slavery and Jim Crow didn’t suddenly vanish in the ‘60s,” Obama said. “That when minority groups voice discontent, they’re not just engaging in reverse racism or practicing political correctness; that when they wage peaceful protest, they’re not demanding special treatment, but the equal treatment our Founders promised.”

In centuries past, America’s first founding father warned his countrymen to beware partisan bickering and foreign influence in his farewell address, encouraging them to always strive for national unity. Today, Obama’s echo of those warnings remain as relevant as ever. Washington D.C. insiders are currently buzzing with reports of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential elections, and whispers of a bipartisan gridlock posed to cripple the nation’s hard earned universal healthcare system, often called Obamacare.

But Obama’s legacy rests with more than just his namesake healthcare law, the landmark Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. He was also the first president sitting president to call himself a feminist and openly support same-sex marriage. In his farewell address, the president reminded the world what a feminist leader looks like.

“Michelle Lavaughn Robinson, girl of the south side, for the past 25 years you have not only been my wife and mother of my children, you have been my best friend,” he looked to his family in the audience. “You made the White House a place that belongs to everybody. And a new generation sets its sights higher because it has you as a role model.”

Before returning to matters of politics and virtue, Obama told his daughters: “Of all that I’ve done in my life, I’m most proud to be your dad.” Then he dabbed at the tears in his eyes and spoke about the future.

“You believe in a fair, just, inclusive America,” Obama ended his farewell by directly addressing young people. “You know that constant change has been America’s hallmark, something not to fear but to embrace, and you are willing to carry this hard work of democracy forward. You’ll soon outnumber any of us, and I believe as a result that the future is in good hands.”

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