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Barack Obama: “Our identities do not have to be defined by putting someone…”

Featuring: Barack Obama, Democratic | 44th President of the United States | National

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Final Address by President at United Nations General Assembly

Published | Video Starts at 46:12

And in my own life, in this country and as president, I have learned that Our identities do not have to be defined by putting someone else down, but can be enhanced by lifting somebody else up. That they don't have to be defined in opposition to others, but rather by a belief in liberty and equality and justice and fairness. (46:12–46:24)

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Asserts that identities can be enhanced by uplifting others rather than putting them down.

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