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"When President Barack Obama is trying to persuade Americans not to do something, he has a go-to line..." — Cass Sunstein
When President Barack Obama is trying to persuade Americans not to do something, he has a go-to line: 'That's not who we are.' Whether the issue involves discrimination, immigration, torture, criminal violence or health care, he invokes the nation's very identity.
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