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Obama Loves Martin Luther King’s Great Quote—But He Uses It Incorrectly
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“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice” is a great quote. But it doesn’t mean what Obama says it means.
Matt Lewis
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Published
Jan. 16 2017
12:15AM EST
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