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What has made America the wealthiest, most successful country on Earth historically has been our commitment to education.
It's easier to make negative attacks and simplistic slogans [in social media] than it is to communicate complex policies.
And, you know, I don’t want to have to worry that she is going to get sick as the consequence of having, having her lunch.
I am confident that we will one day end the scourge of modern slavery, because I believe in those committed to this issue.
Foreign Assistance is not an end in itself. The purpose of aid must be to create the conditions where it's no longer need.
Scripture tells us that we shall not oppress a stranger, for we know the heart of a stranger. We were strangers once, too.
The belief that peace is desirable is rarely enough to achieve it. Peace requires responsibility. Peace entails sacrifice.
A sportswriter once referred to him as our future president. With a name like Kevin, I don't know whether that's possible.
In the midst of economic recovery and global upheaval, disasters like this remind us of the common humanity that we share.
There’s no doubt that there’s some folks who just really dislike me because they don’t like the idea of a black President.
Someone once said that every man is trying to live up to his father's expectations or make up for their father's mistakes.
People call me a socialist sometimes. But, no, you gotta meet real socialists. You'll have a sense of what a socialist is.
In order to make reforms sustainable, the Greek economy needs the space to return to growth and start creating jobs again.
[Afghanistan and Iraq] are still countries that are fragile enough that we're gonna have to partner with them in some way.
Generally speaking, people who know me will tell you that my public persona is not that different from my private persona.
I just want to say that the only thing less popular than putting money into banks is putting money into the auto industry.
I do have an obligation to make sure that I am following some of the rules. I can't simply ignore laws that are out there.
The Cold War has been over for a long time. I'm not interested in having battles that, frankly, started before I was born.
Here in Europe, I think that there are a lot of young people who forget the issues that were at stake during the Cold War.
Our journey is not complete until all our children... know that they are cared for and cherished and always safe from harm.
What is important is that we make sure to work together, that we understand our strength comes from unity and not division.
Jobs was brave enough to think differently, bold enough to believe he could change the world, and talented enough to do it.
I wouldn't consider them acts of war, but I would consider them acts of property damage, commercial theft that are serious.
Mitt Romney is familiar with jobs being shipped overseas because he invested in companies that were shipping jobs overseas.
In America, one of our challenges, historically, is that we have very low voting rates, even during presidential elections.
Just because Iran and Syria may recognize Assad's weaknesses doesn't necessarily mean that Assad recognizes his weaknesses.
When I've sent young men and women into harm's way, I always understand that that is the last resort, not the first resort.
Better may not be as good as the best, but better is surprisingly hard to obtain. And better is actually harder than worse.
I've got certain responsibilities that I have to carry out in a very specific institution and in a specific moment in time.
We need earmark reform, and when I'm President, I will go line by line to make sure that we are not spending money unwisely.
Ensuring that the US continues to lead the world in science and technology will be a central priority for my administration.
John McCain likes to say that he'll follow bin Laden to the Gates of Hell - but he won't even go to the cave where he lives.
With effort we can protect the foundation of our democracy, for which so many marched across this bridge, the right to vote.
We have greater awareness of where we're falling short than we used to. Just take the example of community police relations.
Historically, when a previous US administration enters into an agreement, it carries forward into the future administration.
[White House] feels even more like home now because you have all these memories that were formed watching your kids grow up.
Many of us were kind of irritated with Obama for larding it with tax cut, which we didn't think was going to be stimulative.
As long as I'm president of the United States Iran will not get a nuclear weapon. I made that clear when I came into office.
There is not a black America and a white America; a Latino America, an Asian America. There is the United States of America.
I said this right after the election - we have to remind ourselves we're on the same team. Vladimir Putin's not on our team.
Two-thirds of Americans believe that, after a baby's heart is beating and they can feel pain, that they need some protection.
Islam has always been a part of America’s story.... And since our founding, American Muslims have enriched the United States.
I hope we can all agree that, instead of continuing to subsidize yesterday's energy sources. We need to invest in tomorrow's.
Clearly, Iran has influence in Iraq. Iraq has a majority Shi'a population, they have relationships to Iran. Some are natural.
The point I was making was not that Grandmother harbors any racial animosity. She doesn't. But she is a typical white person.
Sustaining the energy and focus involved in doing a good job I think starts to - starts to gets tougher the longer you do it.
So we don't need more top-down economics. We've tried that theory. We've seen what happens. We can't afford to go back to it.
ISIL is a terrorist organization, pure and simple. And it has no vision other than the slaughter of all who stand in its way.
The science [of global warming] is beyond dispute... Delay is no longer an option. Denial is no longer an acceptable response
Lincoln, they used to talk about him almost as bad as they talk about me. So democracy has never been for the faint of heart.