"During the 2008 campaign, I strongly endorsed Barack Obama for president. I did so early, when many Democratic leaders - including many prominent African-American politicians - believed the safe bet was to back then-front-runner Hillary Clinton."

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Source : Wilder: Obama needs to fire DNC "Chairman Kaine, W.H. advisers" by L. Douglas Wilder, www.politico.com. August 9, 2010.

Douglas Wilder

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“The hats were nearly all as though made by somebody who had once heard about flowers but never seen one huge muffs of horror.”
“I don't know if I've ever played a character who's close to me. There have been some elements of myself in different roles. Sometimes, I show one side of myself and then completely conceal the other.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The difference in this town - here in Washington - on the war is not between Democrats and Republicans; it's between people who believe essentially we've already lost in Iraq and it's time to get out - and most of the rest of us who believe not only have we not lost, but we're winning.”
“Compassion alone stands apart from the continuous traffic between good and evil proceeding within us.”
“Social anxiety results from being around people who are resolutely opposed to who you are.”
“Like species, couples die out or evolve.”
“If you have a connection to someone, it doesn't matter what their exterior is.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“It is remarkable that the elements diffused through the host of stars are some of those most closely connected with the living organisms of our globe.”

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