Remarks of Senator Barack Obama on New Hampshire Primary Night (8 January 2008)
2008
“Nothing can stand in the way of the power of millions of voices calling for change.”
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Variants and variant translations:
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A certain Lord Chief Justice dwells
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1970s and later
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