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The only reason I send a single young man or woman in uniform anywhere in the world is because I think it's necessary to keep us safe.
Many of our ideas of democracy, so much of our literature and philosophy and science can be traced back to roots right here in Athens.
This week I've travelled more than 15,000 miles from America to China to Burma to Australia. I have no idea what time it is right now.
In our household, the Bible, the Koran and the Bhagavad Gita sat on the shelf alongside books of Greek and Norse and African mythology
I don't expect to get 100 percent of what I want, but what we can't do is go back to the kind of top-down economics that doesn't work.
And above all, children need our unconditional love - whether they succeed or make mistakes; when life is easy and when life is tough.
Put simply, what I'd like to do is to see the first two years of community college free for everybody's who is willing to work for it.
The UK is an extraordinary partner for America and a force for good in an unstable world. I hope it remains strong, robust and united.
We don't make determinations about who we love. And that's why I think that discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is wrong.
On the other hand, it is also undeniable that the Palestinian people - Muslims and Christians - have suffered in pursuit of a homeland.
Our objective is clear: we will degrade, and ultimately destroy, ISIL through a comprehensive and sustained counter-terrorism strategy.
We reaffirm that on days like this, there are no Republicans or Democrats. We are Americans, united in concern for our fellow citizens.
So just to be clear, I'm not going to sign any package that somehow prevents the top rate from going up for folks at the top 2 percent.
No development strategy can be based only upon what comes out of the ground, nor can it be sustained while young people are out of work.
My core goal is to dismantle, defeat, destroy al Qaeda and its allies that killed Americans and are still plotting to go kill Americans.
I think the Turks' willingness to take seriously action on the borders to stop the flow of foreign fighters joining ISIL is significant.
[J]ust because you have an individual right does not mean that the state or local government can't constrain the exercise of that right.
My view is that discrimination against anyone at the ballot box is wrong and should have the full enforcement of the federal government.
I also believe that if we're serious about change, we need to have a real discussion about public financing for congressional elections.
The future rewards those who press on. I don't have time to feel sorry for myself. I don't have time to complain. I'm going to press on.
You know, I think that we are going to be OK. Look, Malia is 10, so three years from now she is 13. Who knows what happens to teenagers?
I would love to see an America where race is understood in the same way that the ethnic diversity of the white population is understood.
The fact that there is a robust debate in Congress is good. The fact that the debate sometimes seems unanchored to facts is not so good.
America is a nation of immigrants. And so the question is, how do we make legal immigration faster, less bureaucratic, cut the red tape?
We need to find a way forward to make sure that we can stop terrorists while protecting the privacy, and liberty, of innocent Americans.
Instead of giving in to cynicism and division, let's move forward with the confidence and optimism and unity that define us as a people.
We're not going to put the cart before the horse and just think by sending more troops, we're automatically going to make Americans safe.
My job to the Muslim world is to communicate that the Americans are not your enemy. We sometimes make mistakes. We have not been perfect.
Today, the world lost a creative icon. Michelle and I join millions of fans from around the world in mourning the sudden death of Prince.
The immigration issue is, I recognize, one that generates a lot of passion, but it does not make sense for us to want to push talent out.
I don't have a philosophical objection, necessarily, to a travel ban if that is the thing that is going to keep the American people safe.
There are some exceptions: Chicago, my hometown, in particular. But overall in the country this is a much safer place than it used to be.
The challenge there is that ISIL doesn't have an air force, so the damage done there is not against ISIL, it's against the Syrian regime.
Don't just buy a new video game, make one. Don't just download the latest app, help design it. Don't just play on your phone, program it.
I will eliminate capital-gains taxes for the small businesses and the startups that will create the high-wage, high-tech jobs of tomorrow
These days, the House Republicans actually give John Boehner a harder time than they give me. Which means orange really is the new black.
I decided to become a community organizer ... Change won't come from the top, I would say. Change will come from a mobilized grass roots.
[Michelle Obama] was the hardest sell. And she never fully embraced being in the public spotlight, which is ironic, given how good she is.
If you're looking for the safe choice, you shouldn't be supporting a black guy named Barack Obama to be the next leader of the free world.
Political gerrymandering makes the incentive for most members of Congress to play to the extremes of their base rather than to the center.
Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. And it will leave you unfulfilled.
If we can't meet with our friends, I don't know how we're going to lead the world in terms of dealing with critical issues like terrorism.
I make no apologies for us wanting to do this [bombing Iraq and Syria] appropriately and in a way that is consistent with American values.
With respect to the Internet and emails, this does not apply to U.S. citizens and it does not apply to people living in the United States.
Let's face it, I like Stanford grads. I'd always hear about this campus, and everybody is riding bikes, and people hopping into fountains.
I went through six years of battles on health care because I didn't have $100 million worth of advertising saying how it would never work.
There are places I want to visit where if I'm wearing a baseball cap and some sunglasses I think I can get away with and mingle in a crowd.
California is our biggest economy. California is our biggest agricultural producer. So what happens here matters to every working American.
There is no shame in confusion or fear. "There was only shame in the silence fear had produced. . . . It was the silence that betrayed us."
No matter how much you've done, or how successful you've been, there's always more to do, always more to learn, and always more to achieve.