Barack Obama: “Responsibility for your success is squarely on your shoulders.”

On the recordJune 6, 2010

Responsibility for your success is squarely on your shoulders.

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Democratic · Illinois

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Commencement Address at Kalamazoo Central High School in Kalamazoo

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