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Obama – in Context – A More Perfect Union

by L J Furman on March 20, 2008

We The People, In Order To Form A More Perfect UnionBarack Obama, in Philadelphia, PA, Monday, March 18, 2008, excerpts.Two hundred and twenty one years ago, in a hall that still stands across the street, a group of men gathered and, with these simple words, launched America’s improbable experiment in democracy. Farmers and scholars; statesmen [...]

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