On the recordJune 20, 2008
It goes back to what I learned as a community organizer all those years ago – that change in this country comes not from the top-down, but from the bottom up.
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presidency.ucsb.edu“It goes back to what I learned as a community organizer all those years ago – that change in this country comes not from the top-down, but from the bottom up.”
Remarks to the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Miami
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