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Barack Obama
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: August 4
44Th U.S. President
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Our nation owes a debt to its fallen heroes that we can never fully repay, but we can honor their sacrifice.
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To try to blackmail a president into giving them some concessions on issues that have nothing to do with the budget.
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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.
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I have always believed that what brings us together is stronger than what pulls us apart.
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I'm LeBron, baby. I can play on this level. I got some game.
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What I've said to [my team] is, Look, we ran our leg of the race and we did a darn good job.
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[We should beware] that our democracy stays healthy. And making sure that we maintain that sense of solidarity.
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Last time I checked, Congress was created to uphold the values of the Constitution, not the Bible and its biased teachings. 'All men (including women) are created equal' and are afforded unalienable rights. Way to go, Mr. President! Stand up for what you believe and for the people of this country.
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We've come to be consumed by a 24-hour, slash-and-burn, negative ad, bickering, small-minded politics that doesn't move us forward. Sometimes one side is up and the other side is down. But there's no sense that they are coming together in a common-sense, practical, nonideological way to solve the problems that we face.
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Obviously [my daughters] - and Michelle - have made a lot of sacrifices on behalf of my cockamamie ideas, the running for office and things.
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But you see, a rich country like America can perhaps afford to be stupid.
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I think we've done a pretty good job staying in touch with the American people. But at a certain point you can't help but lose some feel for what's on the ground because you're not on the ground.
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For top executives to award themselves these kinds of compensation packages in the midst of this economic crisis isn't just bad taste, it's bad strategy, and I will not tolerate it as president.
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It’s not that I want to punish your success. I want to make sure that everybody who is behind you, that they’ve got a chance for success, too. My attitude is that if the economy’s good for folks from the bottom up, it’s gonna be good for everybody. I think when you spread the wealth around, it’s good for everybody.
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This doesn't mean abandoning our values and ideals wherever we can, it's in our interest to help foster democracy through the diplomatic and economic resources at our disposal.
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Politics didn't lead me to working people. Working people led me into politics.
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While I understand the passions and the anger that arise over the death of Michael Brown, giving into that anger by looting or carrying guns, and even attacking the police only serves to raise tensions and stir chaos.
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Let's face it, Fox News, you'll miss me when I'm gone. It'll be harder to convince the public that Hillary Clinton was born in Kenya.
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