If poverty is a disease that infects the entire community in the form …

Barack Obama
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If poverty is a disease that infects the entire community in the form of unemployment and violence, failing schools and broken homes, then we can't just treat those symptoms in isolation . We have to heal that entire community. ✨ Obama Says He, Too, Is a Poverty Fighter. Speech at the Town Hall Education, Arts & Recreation Campus, Washington, DC, www.washingtonpost.com. July 19, 2007.
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