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Given a fair shot, given a fair chance, Americans have never, ever, ever, ever let their country down. Never. Never. Ordinary people like us. Who do extraordinary things.
Given a fair shot, given a fair chance, Americans have never, ever, ever, ever let their country down. Never. Never. Ordinary people like us. Who do extraordinary things.
Approximate author period: c. 1942 AD · modern
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- Joe Biden
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- Approximate author period: c. 1942 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Joe Biden: documented birth year 1942; activity date not established. Wikidata Q6279, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6279 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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