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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 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.
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.
[Michelle Obama] was the hardest sell. And she never fully embraced being in the public spotlight, which is ironic, given how good she is.
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.
Political gerrymandering makes the incentive for most members of Congress to play to the extremes of their base rather than to the center.
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 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.
When our government is spoken of as some menacing, threatening, foreign entity, it ignores the fact that in our democracy, government is us
I'm proud of the fact that I stood up early and unequivocally in opposition to Bush's foreign policy. [...] That opposition hasn't changed.
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.
There may be no greater tribute to Steve Jobs' success than the fact that much of the world learned of his passing on a device he invented.
The United States and Saudi Arabia have an extraordinary relationship and friendship that dates back to Franklin Roosevelt and King Faisal.
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.
I'm not denouncing the church, and I'm not interested in people who want me to denounce the church. It's not a church worthy of denouncing.
It would be good for the workers in Vietnam even as it helps make sure that they're not undercutting competition here in the United States.
California is our biggest economy. California is our biggest agricultural producer. So what happens here matters to every working American.
State visits are often an opportunity for the United States to reaffirm our ties and friendship with our closest partners around the world.
Obviously [my daughters] - and Michelle - have made a lot of sacrifices on behalf of my cockamamie ideas, the running for office and things.
Every country has violent, hateful, or mentally unstable people. What's different is not every country is awash with easily accessible guns.
We need to teach our kids that it's not just the winner of the Super Bowl who deserves to be celebrated, but the winner of the science fair.
I think it's useful to keep in mind I've been now President for over seven years and gun sales don't seem to have suffered during that time.
I will not stand by while the special interests use the same old tactics to keep things exactly the way they are ... Not this time. Not now.
We know that the nation that goes all-in on innovation today will own the global economy tomorrow. This is an edge America cannot surrender.
We stand with women by fighting for economic security, protecting access to health care and supporting women's leadership across the country
In a world of complex threats, our security and leadership depends on all elements of our power - including strong and principled diplomacy.
I try never to get too high when things are going well. I try never to get too low when things are going poorly. I try to keep an even keel.
What we should be asking is not whether we need a big government or small government, but how we can create a smarter and better government.
Peace depends upon compromise among peoples who must live together long after our speeches are over, long after our votes have been tallied.
You don't like dealing with somebody who denies horrible things happening to your people or threatens future horrible things to your people.
By the way, you know, Mitt Romney and McCain, I don't agree with them, but they would have been okay. I could have been satisfied with them.
We have to be successful at the cutting-edge industries of the future like Twitter. But we also have always been a country that makes stuff.
Donald Trump is like Hillary Clinton said, a man you can bait with a tweet is not a man you can trust with nuclear weapons. You can`t do it.
There's nobody to guide through the process of becoming a man... to explain to them the meaning of manhood. And that's a recipe for disaster.
Now, some have said I blame too many problems on my predecessor, but let's not forget that's a practice that was initiated by George W. Bush.
I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors.
The path towards sustainable energy sources will be long and sometimes difficult. But America cannot resist this transition, we must lead it.
I do think that all politicians today have to be more attentive to people wanting to be heard, wanting to have more control over their lives.
Hillary Clinton possesses an extraordinary intelligence and a remarkable work ethic. I am proud that she will be our next secretary of state.
The globe is shrinking, the information age is bringing a lot of changes. People are anxious about their future and their children's futures.
We've evolved a lot since 9/11 also, in terms of our law enforcement capabilities, our intelligence capabilities, military, counterterrorism.
When it comes to crime, the violent crime rate in America has been lowered during my presidency and any time in the last three, four decades.
All I can say is [kids] have turned out to be terrific young women. We were concerned mostly about whether they'd develop an attitude, right?
If you ask the average person they'd tell ya, "Naw, it's much more dangerous," despite the fact that violent crime has dropped precipitously.
We may never understand what leads anybody to terrorize their fellow human beings. Such violence, such evil is senseless. It's beyond reason.
I consider it part of my responsibility as President of the United States to fight against negative stereotypes of Islam wherever they appear.
I try to explain to them about the aloha spirit. And it's that spirit that I am absolutely convinced is what America is looking for right now.
I think it is important for Europe to understand that even though I am president and George Bush is not president, Al Qaeda is still a threat.