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“I'm asking you to believe. Not in my ability to bring about change — but in yours.”
Source: Farewell address, Chicago, 10 January 2017
Context In his farewell address at McCormick Place in Chicago, ten days before leaving office, he spoke to supporters about the state of American democracy.
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