Barack Obama said "I am asking you to believe. Not in my ability to bring about change, but in yours." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordJanuary 9, 2017

I am asking you to believe. Not in my ability to bring about change, but in yours.

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Obama urges Americans to have faith in their own power to effect change.

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