Barack Obama: “I know that for more than two centuries, we have strived - at great…”

On the recordJuly 23, 2008

I know that for more than two centuries, we have strived - at great cost and great sacrifice - to form a more perfect union.

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Address in Berlin at the Victory Column in Tiergarten Park

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