Political Quotes

On the recordApril 20, 2011
How am I going to pull up the ladder on the next generation of kids who are just as talented, smarter than I am?
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks at a Town Hall Meeting and a Question-and-Answer Session in Reno

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