Barack Obama actually said...
Stand by and let our children drop out of school and turn to gangs for the support they're not getting elsewhere in the community. That's not the freedom that we fought to achieve. That's not the America that our leadership sought to build. That's not the dream they had for our children.
Context
Barack Obama discusses the importance of personal responsibility and the need for community support to prevent children from turning to gangs.
07/13/2008