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You cannot tell a poor boy from a small country town on the plains of south dakota who has had the opportunity to be a teacher, a mayor, a senator, and a vice president, that america is not a nation of promise.
-Hubert H. Humphrey
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You Cannot Tell A Poor Boy From

Hubert H. Humphrey
You cannot tell a poor boy from a small country town on the plains of south dakota who has had the opportunity to be a teacher, a mayor, a senator, and a vice president, that america is not a nation of promise.
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