"Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek."
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"So while an incredible amount of progress has been made, on this fifth anniversary, I wanted to come here and tell the people of this city directly: My administration is going to stand with you - and fight alongside you - until the job is done. Until New Orleans is all the way back, all the way.“
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