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Barack Obama: We the people declare today that the most evident of truth that all of us are created equal -- is the star that guides…

On the recordJanuary 20, 2013
We the people declare today that the most evident of truth that all of us are created equal -- is the star that guides us still; just as it guided our forebears through Seneca Falls and Selma and Stonewall; just as it guided all those men and women, sung and unsung, who left footprints along this great mall, to hear a preacher say that we cannot walk alone; to hear a King proclaim that our individual freedom is inextricably bound to the freedom of every soul on Earth.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Obama emphasizes equality and civil rights in his inaugural address.

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