Political Quotes

On the recordFebruary 8, 2008
When I am President, we'll pass universal health care not in twenty years, not in ten years, but by the end of my first term in office.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks at the Virginia Jefferson-Jackson Dinner

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