If We Live Inside A Bad Joke,

In An Underdeveloped Country Don't Drink The Water. In A Developed Country Don't Breathe The Air.

Every White House Has Had Its Intellectuals, But Very Few Presidents Have Been Intellectuals Themselves - Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Woodrow Wilson, The List More Or Less Stops There.

Inaugurals Conventionally Start With A History Lesson And Finish With A Prayer.

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'dreams From My Father' Reveals More About Obama Than Is Usually Known About Political Leaders Until After They're Dead. Perhaps More Than It Intends, It Shows His Mind Working, In Real Time, Sentence By Sentence, In What Feels Like A Private Audience With The Reader.