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I favor legalizing same-sex marriages, and would fight efforts to prohibit such marriages.
Barack Obama
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Barack Obama
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: August 4
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We should not anticipate that every time countries come together that we are doing some revolutionary thing. Instead of hitting home runs, sometimes we're going to hit singles.
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I am the eternal optimist. I think that, over time, people respond to civility and -- and rational argument.
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Libya is still a mess right now.
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I think that there's no doubt that as I see friends, families, children of gay couples who are thriving, you know, that has an impact on how I think about these issues.
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The Balkanization of the media means that nobody is having a single conversation with a single set of agreed-upon facts and assumptions the way you had as recently as the 90s.
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My father's voice had nevertheless remained untainted, inspiring, rebuking, granting or withholding approval. 'You do not work hard enough, Barry. You must help in your people's struggle. Wake up, black man!
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In a global economy where our economies and supply chains are deeply integrated, it's not even possible.
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