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No one built this country on their own. This nation is great because we built it together.

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Barack Obama
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: August 4
44Th U.S. President
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And to those nations like ours that enjoy relative plenty, we say we can no longer afford indifference to the suffering outside our borders nor can we consume the world's resources without regard to effect. For the world has changed, and we must change with it.
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