01/21/2014
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"I stand before you today to announce my candidacy for President of the United States of America. And if you will join with me in this improbable quest, if you feel Destiny calling and see as I see the..."
"We need to internalize this idea of excellence. Not many folks spend a lot of time trying to be excellent."
"In the end, that's what this election is about. Do we participate in a politics of cynicism or a politics of hope?"
"I know I haven't spent a lot of time learning the ways of Washington. But I've been there long enough to know that the ways of Washington must change."