Barack Obama said "To help ourselves we’ve got to help others -- not pull up the drawbridge and try to keep the world out." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordMay 15, 2016

To help ourselves we’ve got to help others -- not pull up the drawbridge and try to keep the world out.

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