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If you don't have a record to run on, you paint your opponent as someone to run from.

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Barack Obama
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: August 4
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I make no apologies for being reasonable.
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Ensuring that the US continues to lead the world in science and technology will be a central priority for my administration.
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Writing has been an important exercise to clarify what I believe, what I see, what I care about, what my deepest values are. The process of converting a jumble of thoughts into coherent sentences makes you ask tougher questions.
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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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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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We want everybody to act like adults, quit playing games, realize that it's not just my way or the highway.
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There's something about these steps [in Oval Office] and thinking about everybody who's walked here and all the business that's been done here.
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Our planet is changing in ways that will have profound impacts on all of humankind.
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Tonight, more Americans are out of work and more are working harder for less. More of you have lost your homes and even more are watching your home values plummet. More of you have cars you can't afford to drive, credit card bills you can't afford to pay, and tuition that's beyond your reach.
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There is a certain percentage of the white population ... if they started having more middle-class black kids who are friends with their kids, eating Cheerios in their kitchen, their attitudes start changing.
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[People] are looking for some means of control and what that means is is that the politics in all of our countries is gonna require us to manage technology and global integration and all these demographic shifts in a way that makes people feel more control, that gives them more confidence in their future.
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It should be the power of our vote, not the size of our bank accounts, that drives our democracy
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On this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord.
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When I was in Washington, I would usually get home from the Capitol at about 7:30 or 8, and I would try to write as much as possible. It was almost all in the wee hours.
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I am not opposed to all wars. I'm opposed to dumb wars.
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