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We have to uphold a free press and freedom of speech - because, in the end, lies and misinformation are no match for the truth.

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Barack Obama
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: August 4
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We may come from different places and have different stories, but we share common hopes, and one very American dream.
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Each wave of immigrants that have come in have been able to assimilate, integrate and then rise up and become part of this great American Dream.
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Greatness is never free it must be earned.
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I think that there's a power in that [information through tweets and sound bites ]. There's also a danger, what generates a headline or stirs up a controversy and gets attention isn't the same as the process required to actually solve the problem.
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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 don't take a dime of their [lobbyist] money, and when I am president, they won't find a job in my White House.
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If you listen to the rhetoric, it is so over-the-top and so overheated, and most importantly, is not acknowledging the fact that there's nothing else [like guns] in our lives that we purchase where we don't try to make it a little safer if we can.
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If we got there and we looked up and we said, You know what? Black folks are still doing a little bit worse off than whites, but it's not like it was 20 years ago, then we can have a discussion about how do we get that last little bit. But that's a high-class problem to have.
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I would say to people is, that investigation, as it has already been stated, is a marathon and not a sprint. But it is one of great concern to the American people. And so we're committed to keeping people informed.
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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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