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On the recordApril 2, 2008
We may have different stories but we hold common hopes. We may not look the same and may not have come from the same place, but we all want to move in the same direction.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois
Source
transcripts.cnn.com

Editor's note · Context

Obama speaks about unity despite racial differences.

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