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Barack Obama: Our triumph is not simply found in the exertion of our power, it's found in the example of our people.

On the recordNovember 19, 2013
Our triumph is not simply found in the exertion of our power, it's found in the example of our people.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at a Dinner in Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the Presidential Medal of Freedom

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