Political Quotes

On the recordJuly 13, 2008
It matters little if you have the right to sit at the front of the bus if you can't afford the bus fare.
Said by
Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks at the 99th Annual Convention of the NAACP in Cincinnati

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