Political Quotes

On the recordDecember 15, 2016
Their story reminds us not just of where we have been, but where we still can go when we foster ingenuity and discovery and refuse to accept the sky as the limit.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Proclamation 9557—Wright Brothers Day

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