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Even when our heart aches, we summon the strength that maybe we didn't even know we had, and we carry on; we finish the race.
For decades, we've been told that it doesn't make economic sense to switch to renewable energy. Today, that's no longer true.
One of the proudest things of my three years in office is helping to restore a sense of respect for America around the world.
If we have actionable intelligence about high value terrorist targets and President [Pervez] Musharraf will not act, we will.
In the past, there have been a range of treaties that divided Congress and every administration was able to get them through.
I think we want to see new voices and new ideas emerge - that's part of the reason why term limits are a really useful thing.
So many of my staff is young enough that they're going to do amazing things. And I'm going to be helping them try to do them.
If you like your doctor or health care provider, you can keep them. If you like your health care plan, you can keep that, too.
You're not going to be able to make good decisions without building some relationship of trust between yourself and community.
I'm a big football fan, but I have to tell you if I had a son, I'd have to think long and hard before I let him play football.
Democracy cannot be imposed on any nation from the outside. Each society must search for its own path, and no path is perfect.
Unless we free ourselves from a dependence on these fossil fuels... we are condemning future generations to global catastrophe
To look at the issue of life and abortion, actually we're moving in that direction where most Americans oppose most abortions.
Ultimately there is no dividing line between Main Street and Wall Street. We will rise or we will fall together as one nation.
There are few things in life that are harder to find and more important to keep than love. Well, love and a birth certificate.
It is our generation's task, then, to reignite the true engine of America's economic growth - a rising, thriving middle class.
He described to me how crocodiles kill more people than sharks. There are just a lot of things in Australia that can kill you.
I would not have the Justice Department prosecuting and raiding medical marijuana users. It's not a good use of our resources.
Iran . . . has failed to take the opportunity to demonstrate that its nuclear program is peaceful . . . time is not unlimited.
We can't in any way criticize or at least indict or impeach administration [of Democratic presidents] for doing what they did.
Now suddenly you got members of your [White House] team who were 23, 24. They've met their wives here, or their husbands here.
I wanna thank the German people for the incredible partnership that our countries have been able to establish all these years.
We have to uphold a free press and freedom of speech - because, in the end, lies and misinformation are no match for the truth.
The theater is necessary. Dance is necessary. Song is necessary. The arts are necessary- they are a necessary part of our lives
I do love the Waldorf-Astoria, though. You know, I hear that from the doorstep you can see all the way to the Russian tea room.
Hillary Clinton has been in politics for the same reason I am - because we can improve other people's lives by doing this work.
I don't think that hedge funds are bad per se. I think they're just one more financial tool. And in that sense, they're useful.
I think where I get frustrated at times was the belief that the president can do anything if he just decides he wants to do it.
We're going to have to come together and take meaningful action to prevent more tragedies like this, regardless of the politics.
Throughout history, Islam has demonstrated through words and deeds the possibilities of religious tolerance and racial equality.
I [give] maybe the long-winded speeches that not everybody reads, but I can also do a slow jam on Jimmy Fallon better than most.
I’m asking you to believe. Not just in my ability to bring about real change in Washington...I’m asking you to believe in yours.
Guaranteed, full stop, nobody gets treated differently when it comes to the Justice Department, because nobody is above the law.
Across the globe there are girls who will one day lead nations, if only we afford them the chance to choose their own destinies.
What I could not support was a dumb war, a rash war, a war based not on reason but on passion, not on principle but on politics.
I believe in keeping guns out of our inner cities, and that our leaders must say so in the face of the gun manufacturer's lobby.
Democracy demands that the religiously motivated translate their concerns into universal, rather than religion-specific, values.
If you like your healthcare plan, you'll be able to keep your healthcare plan, period. No one will take it away, no matter what.
National legislation will prevent other states' flawed concealed-weapons laws from threatening the safety of Illinois residents.
In the end, no amount of American forces can solve the political differences that lie at the heart of somebody else's civil war.
We need to spend a trillion dollars rebuilding our schools, our roads, our basic science and research here in the United States.
99.9% of plumbers make less than a quarter million dollars a year, and I'm going to give Joe a break whether he wants it or not.
What is portrayed as high-minded positions on issues sometimes is just designed to carve out some of their commercial interests.
The problem is that, over time, big pieces of business that have to get done without leadership from Washington, don't get done.
We continue to stand united with Germany and our NATO allies in our ongoing efforts to build peace and stability in Afghanistan.
There was a time when if you had a financial crisis in Southeast Asia somewhere, it had no impact on our markets. Today it does.
[The Americans] believe in the idea that a child shouldn't be consigned to poverty just because of circumstances of their birth.
I've been talking about things like reversing the rise of inequality and strengthening social mobility,since before it was cool.
I always enjoy watching Republicans compliment Bill Clinton now, because at the time, I'm sure he didn't feel a lot of the love.
The Asia Pacific is home to nearly half the world's population, a growing middle class and holds so much opportunity for us all.