Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.
Barack Obama: “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.”
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Press Release - The State of the Union Address - As Prepared for Delivery
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Now the Administration is actively trying to deport Congresswoman Omar, seemingly based solely on the unsubstantiated theory that she was actually 18 when her father was naturalized, and therefore is not a citizen.
And I will fight for that, even if I don’t always think it’s going to win.
When we choose, when we make that decision, I do believe – and there is evidence for this – that the world gets incrementally better, and that is a worthy goal and it’s worth fighting for.
The fact that any president, or any administration, is willing to engage in such transparent efforts to intimidate someone should outrage all Americans, regardless of how they feel about Congresswoman Omar’s political views.





