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Barack Obama: We don't ask you to believe in our ability to bring change, rather, we ask you to believe in yours.

On the recordJanuary 19, 2009
We don't ask you to believe in our ability to bring change, rather, we ask you to believe in yours.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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