Barack Obama: “It's one thing to talk about courage, it's another thing to respond…”

On the recordMay 11, 2011

It's one thing to talk about courage, it's another thing to respond swiftly, decisively, heroically.

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Barack Obama: “It's one thing to talk about courage, it's another thing to respond swiftly, decisively, heroically.”