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it’s important to make sure that we’re talking with each other in a way that heals, not in a way that wounds. - Barack Obama, 44th U.S. President

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Barack Obama
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: August 4
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This kind of game in which anybody who I know, regardless of how flimsy the relationship is, that somehow their ideas could be attributed to me, I think the American people are smarter than that. They're not going to suggest somehow that that is reflective of my views, because it obviously isn't.
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I am who I am. You sort of get what you see with me.
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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.
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There was never a promise that race relations in America would be entirely resolved during my presidency or anybody's presidency. I mean, this has been a running thread - and - and fault line in American life and American politics since its founding.
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There are patriots who opposed the war in Iraq and there are patriots who supported the war in Iraq. We are one people, all of us pledging allegiance to the stars and stripes, all of us defending the United States of America.
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My administration will be the most transparent in history
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We have to all shoulder the responsibility for keeping the planet habitable, or we're going to suffer the consequences - together.
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The flame of the diya, or lamp, reminds us that light will ultimately triumph over darkness.
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The most frustrated and most stymied it is the fact that the United States of America is the one advanced nation on earth in which we do not have sufficient common-sense, gun-safety laws. Even in the face of repeated mass killings.
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Health care got done because there were a lot of people out there who aren't professional politicians, but are citizens, who pushed for it even when the politics was hard.
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The peaceful transition of power is one of the hallmarks of our democracy.
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Citizenship means standing up for everyone's right to vote.***
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Unless we free ourselves from a dependence on these fossil fuels... we are condemning future generations to global catastrophe
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I believe that the U.S. can and should be a global leader in the development of alternative energy sources.
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ISIL is a terrorist organization, pure and simple. And it has no vision other than the slaughter of all who stand in its way.
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His peaceful resistance shook the foundations of an empire, exposed the emptiness of a repressive ideology, and proved that moral leadership is more powerful than any weapon.
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The trick is figuring out how do we structure government systems that pool resources, and hence facilitate some [wealth] redistribution, because I actually believe in redistribution, at least at a certain level, to make sure that everybody's got a shot.
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The emotions between the races could never be pure even love was tarnished by the desire to find in the other some element that was missing in ourselves. Whether we sought out our demons or salvation, the other race would always remain just that: menacing, alien, and apart.
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When I ran for the U.S. Senate the assumption was that anyone's name that was close to Osama doesn't stand a chance. So if somebody thought that tacking on Hussein in there would be a killer, then I think they underestimate the American people and the seriousness of the problems we face.
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I will never apologize for saying that the future of humanity and the future of the world is going to be defined by what we have in common as opposed to those things that separate us and ultimately lead us into conflict.
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