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Barack Obama: Individual faults and frailties are no excuse to give in and no exemption from the common obligation to give of…

On the recordAugust 28, 2009
Individual faults and frailties are no excuse to give in and no exemption from the common obligation to give of ourselves.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Eulogy at the Funeral Service for Senator Edward M. Kennedy in Boston

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