Barack Obama: “He's just been an outstanding leader in our country for a long time.”

No one was more skilled at bringing people together and getting legislation passed.

We’ve now fought a war, spent billions and billions of dollars, you know, put enormous strain on our military. A lot of people have died. And it feels like we’re back where we were before we started the war, except maybe a little bit worse…

helped lead some of the most significant movements for change in human history

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