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Our politics at its best involves us recognizing ourselves in each other. And our politics at its worst are when we see immigrants or women or blacks or gays or Mexicans as somehow separate, apart from us.

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Barack Obama
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: August 4
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Politics didn't lead me to working people. Working people led me into politics.
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That is the difference we make in the world. And our own safety, our own security, depends upon our willingness to do what it takes to defend this nation and uphold the values that we stand for - timeless ideals that will endure long after those who offer only hate and destruction have been vanquished from the Earth.
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There's just a whole different attitude and vibe when you're not in power as when you're in power.
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