Political Quotes

Barack Obama: “When one person gets sick, that has the potential of making us all sick.”

On the recordMay 7, 2009
When one person gets sick, that has the potential of making us all sick.
Said by
Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at a Town Hall Meeting on the Global Influenza Outbreak

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