He knew what it was like to be persecuted for who you are and what you believe.

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And I said that if you stand with me and believe in what we can do together, if you do what civil rights groups like the National Action Network have always done, if you put your shoulder to the wheel of history, then we can move this country toward the promise of a better day.

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One would like to believe that Santa knows what you want -- and whether you've earned it -- based on his compassion, care and superior powers of intuition.

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Do you feel like people are voting for what they believe as best?

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An important caveat is that political organizing through social networks, just like choosing financial investments, depends on what you believe other people believe, he said.

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It's like you're so free in what you can, what you believe, no one can tell you anything.

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Every child, every opportunity, every time, because you believe, like I do, that every young person, every child -- regardless of what they look like, where they come from, how much money their parents have -- every child who walks through your schoolhouse doors deserves a quality education.

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No matter what your stance is on a number of other issues, if people somehow come to believe that you don't like them or want them here, it's difficult to get them to listen to anything else.

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