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“Selma shows us that America is not the project of any one person. Because the single-most powerful word in our democracy is the word “We.””

Source: Speech at the 50th anniversary of the Selma marches, Selma, Alabama, 7 March 2015

Context Speaking at the Edmund Pettus Bridge on the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, he honored the marchers attacked there in 1965 while demanding voting rights.

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