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Barack Obama: But ultimately people are going to judge me not by my words but by my actions and my administration's actions.

On the recordJanuary 25, 2009
But ultimately people are going to judge me not by my words but by my actions and my administration's actions.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Obama asserts that his effectiveness as a leader will be measured by his actions rather than his rhetoric.

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