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Barack Obama: “If you work hard, if you take responsibility for yourself and your family, and you don't get discouraged when you hit…”

On the recordJuly 4, 2012
If you work hard, if you take responsibility for yourself and your family, and you don't get discouraged when you hit some setbacks, you can make it if you try.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks at a Campaign Rally in Parma

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