Nat Hentoff Quotes

Barack Obama has little, if any, principles except to aggrandize and make himself more and more important.

Nat Hentoff

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• Barack Obama has little, if any, principles except to aggrandize and make himself more and more important.

  

  Nat Hentoff
  • Important
  • Barack Obama
  • Aggrandize