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Barack Obama
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: August 4
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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.
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No single nation should pick and choose which nations holds nuclear weapons. And that's why I strongly reaffirmed America's commitment to seek a world in which no nations hold nuclear weapons.
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We can rattle our sabers all we want but, realistically, we don't have troops for an invasion [Iran] and surgical strikes aren't going to work.
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I think what will happen with Donald Trump is there are going to be certain elements of his temperament that will not serve him well unless he recognizes them and corrects them.
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I can document this past week [of presidency] we've put out memos from every agency showing what did we do. Try to be as honest as possible. There's a little hype involved obviously. It's spin because it's our agencies. We feel some pride about it. But tried to be self-critical as well.
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What I want to communicate is the fact that in all my travels throughout the Muslim world, what I've come to understand is that regardless of your faith - and America is a country of Muslims, Jews, Christians, non-believers - regardless of your faith, people all have certain common hopes and common dreams.
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The wort terrorist attack in American history also brought out the best in our country...We are United as Americans.
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Essentially, Iran was sanctioned because of what had happened at Fordow, its unwillingness to comply with previous U.N. security resolutions about their nuclear program, and as part of the package of sanctions that was slapped on them, the issue of arms and ballistic missiles were included.
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We are committed to a world in which we keep America safe, but we recognize that our power doesn't just flow from our extraordinary military but also flows from the strength in our ideals and our principles and our values.
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I was able to see faith as more than just a comfort to the weary or a hedge against death rather, it was an active, palpable agent in the world.
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The key is whether or not we have got priorities that are working for you, as opposed to those who have been dictating the policy in Washington lately. And that's mostly lobbyists and special interests. We have got to put an end to that.
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We remain the most prosperous, powerful nation on Earth. Our workers are no less productive than when this crisis began. Our minds are no less inventive, our goods and services no less needed than they were last week or last month or last year
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The opportunity will not remain open indefinitely.
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The surest path to success is to surround yourself with brilliant women
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If you want to know who we are, who America is, how we respond to evil-that's it: selflessly, compassionately, unafraid.
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If you look at Libya, I was deeply concerned about what would happen after Qaddafi was gone.
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You're the reason why selfless soldiers won't be kicked out of the military because of who they are or who they love.
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In this new, hyper competitive age, none of us, none of us can afford to be complacent.
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I believe in American exceptionalism, just as I suspect that the Brits believe in British exceptionalism and the Greeks believe in Greek exceptionalism.
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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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