[twigs]

What do you know about the history of this clip? I read that a kid’s book illustrator found it somewhere and that it is not new.

[GOPrincess]

Obama's statement is from a 1995 interview. You can read the details via a blog here; unfortunately the audio recordings that had been linked are no longer available at RedState. A longer excerpt: "My individual salvation is not going to come about without a collective salvation for the country. Unfortunately I think that recognition requires that we make sacrifices and this country has not always been willing to make the sacrifices necessary to bring about a new day and a new age."