I'm running for president because of...because I got two daughters just like you. America is...is no longer what it could be, what it once was. And I say to myself, I don't want that future for my children. I want...I want America to be better, to be stronger, to be more unified, to be more prosperous, to be kinder, to be more tolerant.
-- Barack Obama, when asked by a 7-year-old girl why he's running for president.
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