Political Quotes

On the recordApril 28, 2010
Let us honor her life by changing this country for the better as long as we are blessed to live.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Eulogy at a Funeral Service for Civil Rights Activist Dorothy I. Height

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