Barack Obama said "I am running in this race because of what Dr. King called 'the fierce urgency of now.'" @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordNovember 9, 2007

I am running in this race because of what Dr. King called 'the fierce urgency of now.'

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Remarks at the Iowa Jefferson-Jackson Dinner in Des Moines

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