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“Being president doesn't change who you are — it reveals who you are.”
Source: Speech at the Democratic National Convention, Charlotte, 4 September 2012
Context Addressing the convention that renominated her husband, she spoke of how she had watched him handle the pressures of the presidency during his first term.
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