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Barack Obama: “What matters is not wealth, or status, or power, or fame -– but rather, how well we have loved and what small part we…”

On the recordJanuary 12, 2011
What matters is not wealth, or status, or power, or fame -– but rather, how well we have loved and what small part we have played in making the lives of other people better.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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