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Get involved in an issue that you're passionate about. It almost doesn't matter what it is ... We give too much of our power away, to the professional politicians, to the lobbyists, to cynicism. And our democracy suffers as a result.

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Barack Obama
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: August 4
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Keep exploring. Keep dreaming. Keep asking why. Don’t settle for what you already know. Never stop believing in the power of your ideas, your imagination, your hard work to change the world.
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Greatness is never free it must be earned.
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If we want to really reduce foreign influence on our elections, then we better think about how to make sure that our political process, our political dialogue is stronger than it's been.
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You will not see any of your taxes increase one single dime.
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The terrorists do not speak for over a billion Muslims who reject their hateful ideology.
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