Political Quotes

On the recordMay 11, 2008
They serve and fight and bleed together out of loyalty not just to a place on a map or a certain kind of people, but to a set of ideals that we have been striving for since the first shots rang out at Lexington and Concord.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks in Charleston

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