Political Quotes

On the recordOctober 17, 2012
I admire him very much as a family man and a loving father, and those are two titles that will always matter more than any political ones.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks at the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner in New York City

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