Political Quotes

On the recordJune 28, 2013
To a man who has always been a master of his fate, who taught us that we could be the master of ours;
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks at a State Dinner Hosted by President Jacob Zuma of South Africa in Pretoria

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