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Posted at 02:58 PM ET, 09/07/2012

Obama: ‘We know that churches and charities can often make more of a difference than a poverty program alone’

By Georgetown/On Faith

“We know that churches and charities can often make more of a difference than a poverty program alone. [...] As citizens, we understand that America is not about what can be done for us. It’s about what can be done by us, together, through the hard and frustrating but necessary work of self-government. That’s what we believe.”

President Obama commenting on working together as he accepted the Democratic nomination for president.

Read more in the Faith 2012 Quote Archives.


President Barack Obama takes the stage at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte on Sept. 6, 2012. (AP)

By Georgetown/On Faith  |  02:58 PM ET, 09/07/2012

Tags:  Democratic National Convention; DNC; President oBama; God talk; nomination speech; Georgetown; Quote of the Day; Faith 2012 Quote Archives

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