Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.
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Barack Obama Quote
“Tonight, we gather to affirm the greatness of our nation - not because of the height of our skyscrapers, or the power of our military, or the size of our economy. Our pride is based on a very simple premise, summed up in a declaration made over two hundred years ago.”
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