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Barack Obama

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I've got two daughters, nine years old and six years old. I am going to teach them first of all about values and morals. But if they make a mistake, I don't want them punished with a baby.
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Town Hall Meeting in Johnstown, Pennsylvania (29 March 2008)

 
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