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What makes us Americans is our shared commitment to an ideal - that all of us are created equal, and all of us have the chance to make of our lives what we will.
What makes us Americans is our shared commitment to an ideal - that all of us are created equal, and all of us have the chance to make of our lives what we will.
Approximate author period: c. 1961 AD · modern
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- Barack Obama
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- Approximate author period: c. 1961 AD · modern
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