On the recordSeptember 12, 2010
Nobody gets to write your destiny but you.
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presidency.ucsb.edu“Nobody gets to write your destiny but you.”
Press Release - President Barack Obama's Back to School Speech in Philadelphia
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the American people want to find a way to turn towards each other again, not further away"
In forming our union, the founders fell terribly short of the Declaration's promise, leaving slavery intact, allowing states to restrict the franchise to white men who owned property.
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