Barack Obama Quotes:
Ocupation: 44th U.S. President
Life: b. August 4, 1961
Birthday: August 4
There are certain things we can only do together. There are certain things only a union can do. Only a union could harness the courage of our pioneers to settle the American west, which is why President Abraham Lincoln passed a Homestead Act giving a tract of land to anyone seeking a stake in our growing economy.
source: "Campbell Brown: No Bias, No Bull", www.cnn.com. February 12, 2009. 
topic: Land, American West, Giving, Growing Economy, Homestead Act
