Text of Obama’s Speech: A More Perfect Union
Here, the full text of Sen. Barack Obama’s speech, “A More Perfect Union,” as prepared for delivery.
“We the people, in order to form a more perfect union.”
Two hundred and twenty one years ago, in a hall that still stands across the street, a group of men gathered and, [...]
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